Spicer v. Hannah

BOUR, C.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband. The deceased was an employee of defendants, engaged in his regular work in defendants’ coal mine, located in Randolph County, when he was killed by rock which fell from the roof of the mine. The defendants are Carl Hannah, Roy Hannah, and C. N. Hannah, partners doing business as Hannah Coal Company.

Plaintiff alleged jn her amended petition that defendants duly rejected the workmen’s compensation law of this state before the date of the fatal accident. The grounds of negligence alleged in…