Elk Horn Mining Corp. v. Paradise

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

Paradise was injured while working for the Elk Horn Mining Corporation, and in this suit to recover damages there was a judgment in his favor for $750.00, and the company appeals, insisting that there should have been a directed verdict in its favor and that the verdict was excessive.

The accident happened in this way: the mining company had constructed a short single track railroad for the purpose of hauling, in little cars pushed by men, slate and rubbish from the mouth of a mine that it was developing to a place not far from the mouth where this…