Litchfield Coal Co. v. Taylor

This was an action, brought by Mary A. Taylor, widow of James Taylor, deceased, against the Litchfield Coal Company, to recover damages for an injury received by the deceased, resulting in his death, alleged to have been caused by the willful conduct of the defendant in using uncovered cages for the purpose of conveying the miners into and out of the mine, and in hoisting coal from the mine at the same time the miners were being hoisted from the mine, in violation of the provisions of chapter 93, entitled “ Miners,” Revised Statutes of 1874, p. 704.

A trial of the cause before a jury resulted…