Lindquist v. Pacific Coast Coal Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered January 31, 1914, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for the wrongful death of a coal miner, killed by a falling roof in a mine.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This action was brought by the infant sons of Matt Lindquist, to recover damages on account of the death of their father, which occurred in the. coal mine of the defendant. The method of mining was to open chutes so as to divide the coal seam into pillars. These chutes were ten feet wide and were driven up the vein from the main gangway at right angles thereto and about thirty-five feet apart. These pillars were divided into rooms or sections by driving cross cuts four feet wide from chute to chute every sixty feet, each section being, therefore, thirty-five by sixty feet. Each chute was…
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