Ingram v. Prairie Block Coal Co.

— Action for personal injuries. Suit was filed in the Circuit Court of Ray County; on application of plaintiff, change of venue was granted and the cause went to Johnson County, where a trial before a jury, January 3, 1925, resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of twelve thousand dollars. Defendants appealed.

The plaintiff, William Ingram, employed by the Prairie Block Coal Company, an Iowa corporation, worked for that company in a coal mine at Elmira in Ray County, Missouri. The injury complained of was incurred March 24th or 25th, 1923. The defendant, Henry Winger,…