Walsh v. West Coast Coal Mines, Inc.

— Plaintiff, as administratrix, brought this action on behalf of herself and her minor children to recover damages for the death of her husband, resulting from an accident which occurred in defendant’s coal mine, and which she alleged was caused by defendant’s negligence. In its answer, defendant denied plaintiff’s allegations of negligence and, by way of three affirmative defenses, alleged (1) that the deceased was a mere volunteer on its premises at the time he was killed, and that the dangerous conditions then ánd there existing were fully known to and appreciated by him; (2) that his…