Peabody-Alwert Coal Co. v. Yandell
Indiana Supreme Court
From Sullivan Circuit Court; Charles E. Henderson, Judge. Action by Eva Yandell against the Peabody-Alwert Coal Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1399 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 565.)
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellee sued appellant for damages for injuries resulting in the death of her husband, who lost his life in an accident while he was employed by appellant as a coal miner. The action is brought under the coal mining act of 1905 (Acts 1905 p. 65, §8569 et seq. Burns 1908).
The complaint alleges that decedent’s death was caused by appellant’s failure, in violation of the provisions of the mining act, to keep on hand sufficient timbers to make decedent’s working place safe, and to deliver timbers for such purpose to such place, although the same were necessary therefor; that appellant’s mine…
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