Peterson v. Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Thomas F. Moran, Judge. Action by Robert S. Peterson against the Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
McCarran, J.:
This is an action in damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by the respondent through the negligence of the appellant, in whose employ he was engaged.
The record discloses that the respondent, Peterson, on the 14th day of June, 1911, was a member of the 6 p. m. shift in the Mary mine, and on the date of the accident was engaged as a machine driller in the Valcalda tunnel. At about 1 o’clock in the morning of the 15th of June, the respondent, while so engaged, drilled into an unexploded hole left by the previous shift. The result of his act was…
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