Riffe Petroleum Co. v. Great Nat. Corp., Inc.

OP ALA, Justice:

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the protection afforded coal mine workers by the provisions of 42 O.S.1971 § 148 1 extends to one who performs services which, while perhaps essential to the mining process, take place at a location other than the mining site and after the coal has been removed from beneath the ground. We hold that the work for which the lien is sought to be asserted here constitutes neither “developing and opening up” the mine nor qualifies as an activity “in and about” the coal mine within the meaning of § 148. No lien may hence be impressed upon…