Legal Opinion

Sandals v. Mizpah Mining Co.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 6, 1917No. 7821Published

Error from District Court, Ottawa County; Preston S. Davis, Judge. Action by W. A. Sandals against the Miz-pah Mining Company. Judgment for defendant on sustaining a demurrer to the evidence, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

HOOKER, C.

The plaintiff below instituted this action against the company to recover damages for personal injuries which he received while in the employ of the company and engaged in work in a mine then owned and operated by said company; and in the amended petition filed herein it is alleged thai on the 9th day of December, 1913, he was in the employ of the company in the capacity of straw boss, and as such it was his duty to oversee the work of the defendant’s employes working on the night shift, and that he worked under the direction of the ground boss, who had been placed in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Big Jack Mining Co. v. ParkinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Viou v. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  3. Nicholds v. Crystal Plate Glass Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  4. Rock Island Coal Mining Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  5. Zeller, McClellan & Co. v. VinardiIndiana Court of Appeals · 1908

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