Spencer's Administrator v. Number Four Superior Coal Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, John Spencer, administrator of Stephen Spencer, deceased, brought this action in the Perry circuit court, in which he sought to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 from the appellees, Number Pour Superior Coal Company and Daniel Boone Coal Corporation, for the death of his intestate, a boy 13 years of age.

The Daniel Boone Coal Corporation operates a mine at Lennut in Perry county, and the Number Pour Superior Coal Company operates a mine just across the North fork of the Kentucky river from Lennut. The latter also owns and operates a…