Jayne v. Sebewaing Coal Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Huron; Beach, J. Case by William T. Jayne against the Sebewaing Coal Company for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The defendant was engaged in coal mining. The mine was about 125 feet deep. Its employes were let down into the mine, and taken out, through a perpen*243clicular shaft, by means of a cage. The coal was raised in the same manner. The shaft had two cages. When one went down the other came up. The bottom of the cage contained a track upon which cars loaded with coal were run from the level for hoisting. The'se cages were raised a,nd lowered by means of a drum and engine upon the- surface. Each cage was about 4 feet 1 inch wide, 5 feet 7 inches long, and 4 feet 7 inches high, to the crossbeam, which…
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