Beagle v. Lehigh & Wilkes-barre Coal Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vredenburgh, J.

This suit was brought by the legal representative of John Beagle, deceased, to recover from the coal company the pecuniary loss sustained by his next of kin consequent upon his death from injuries received while working in the company’s employ npon its premises at Hampton, Hew Jersey.

The evidence at the trial below justified the jnry in finding the material facts to be as follows: The intestate had been engaged, with other employes, in March, 1910, unloading coal from.one of the company’s coal ears that.had been run down over its…