Maule Coal Co. v. Partenheimer

— This action was commenced and prosecuted in the lower court by appellee, as administrator of the estate of Eobert Poneleit, against appellant, the Maulé Coal Company of Princeton, Indiana, to recover damages on account of the death of his decedent caused by the alleged negligence of appellant.

The complaint is in three paragraphs and it discloses that the defendant, appellant herein, is a corporation organized under the laws of this State and is engaged in operating a certain coal mine in Gibson county, Indiana, This mine, at the time of the fatal accident, is alleged to have been over the…