Happy Coal Company v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Logan

Reversing.

One of the employees of the appellant was engaged in moving a large spool of wire np a steep hillside in Perry county on a sled when, the wire, in some way not clearly explained by the evidence, slid from the sled and foiled down the hillside and into the home of Elijah Smith. At the time Mrs. Smith was engaged in preparing the evening meal and there was a fire m her cooking-stove. The appellee, Ruby Smith, a little girl four years old, was in the room with her mother. When the heavy bale of wire rolled into the room it- rolled upon Mrs. Smith and…