New Ohio Washed Coal Co. v. Hindman

This is an action on the case for negligence. The declaration contains three counts, all of which are substantially the same. It is alleged that defendant owns and operates a coal mine near Carterville, Illinois, from which it mines and markets large quantities of coal; that the defendant also owns and operates a certain railroad track extending from its coal mine about an eighth of a mile on a down grade to a certain switch, and that it was the custom of the defendant to load coál cars at the mine and send them down this track to he weighed and set out on said switch for shipment to market;…