Southern-Harlan Coal Company v. Gallaier

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner.

Reversing.

Lum Gallaier was a miner in the service of the Southern-Harlan Coal Company and was painfully injured by a fall of slate from the roof of the mine. He brought this action to recover for his injury, and a verdict and judgment having been rendered in his favor for $6,000, the coal company appeals.

The facts are these: The coal in the rooms had been gtotten out and they were tailing out the pillars. The rooms in question are Nos. 41 and 43. The entries are driven 400 feet apart, and off of these entries they drive rooms. "When they first cut…