Rua v. Bowyer Smokeless Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Action by Frank Rna against the Bowyer Smokeless Coal Company. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President:
Plaintiff sued for damages for alleged breaches by defendant of a contract, alleged to have been entered into between the parties in January 1918, whereby in consideration of the plaintiff’s promise that he would furnish the labor, tools, explosives, means and appliances and drive four rock headings in a certain coal mine of the defendant, six feet in height and twelve feet in width and to the depth limited by the coal holdings of defendant, approximately four thousand feet, the defendant undertook and promised on its part to *49pay plaintiff therefor át tbe rate of fourteen…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Carnig v. CarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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- Rhoades v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
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