Breckenridge Co. v. Hicks
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 64 — PETITION ORDINARY — As appellee continued in the employment of appellant with knowledge of the danger, he can not recover. (Hughes v. C,, N. O. & T. B. Co., 13 Ky. Law Bep., 72; Sullivan, etc., v. Louisville Bridge Co., 9 Bush, 89; Bogcnschutz v. Smith, 84 Ky., 330; Needham v. L. & N. B. Co., 9 Ky. Law Bep., 65; Derby’s Adm’r v. Ky. Central B. Co., 9 Ky.
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Case 64 — PETITION ORDINARY — As appellee continued in the employment of appellant with knowledge of the danger, he can not recover. (Hughes v. C,, N. O. & T. B. Co., 13 Ky. Law Bep., 72; Sullivan, etc., v. Louisville Bridge Co., 9 Bush, 89; Bogcnschutz v. Smith, 84 Ky., 330; Needham v. L. & N. B. Co., 9 Ky. Law Bep., 65; Derby’s Adm’r v. Ky. Central B. Co., 9 Ky. Law Bep., 92; Shearman Bedfield on Negligence, secs. 92 and 93; Bigelow on Torts, 301; Griffin v. O. & M. Kailway Co., 24 N. E. B., 888; Yincennes "Water Co. v. White, 24 N. E. K., 747; Johnson v. Ashland Water Co., 45 N. W. B.,…
1Opinion of the Court
■JUDGE PBYOE
delivered the opinion of the court.
Tlie appellee Hicks, in working the mines of the appellant, received a serious personal injury by the falling of a stone upon him from the roof, of the quarry or mine while in the employ of, the company, *364and has recovered four thousand dollars in damages on the ground that the injury resulted from the neg. ligence of the company’s employes.
In order for the protection of miners, and to prevent such injuries from falling stones, the roof above-the miner is supported by props that are furnished by the company, and where the distance under the mines…
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- Hughes v. Cincinnati, &c., RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Bogenschutz v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
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