Redstone Coke Co. v. Roby
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of January Term, 1887, No. 223. Case by Isaac G. Roby against the Redstone Coke Co., Limited, to recover damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendants in not properly ventilating their coal mine in which the plaintiff was employed as a miner. Plea, not guilty.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of January Term, 1887, No. 223. Case by Isaac G. Roby against the Redstone Coke Co., Limited, to recover damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendants in not properly ventilating their coal mine in which the plaintiff was employed as a miner. Plea, not guilty. The following facts appeared on the trial of the case before Ingraham, P. J. The Redstone Coke Company, Limited; the plaintiff in error, and defendant below, was organized under the Act of 2d June, 1874, and its supplements. The character of its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The plaintiff below was injured bv an explosion of gas in the mine where he was working, and brought this suit against the mine owners to recover compensation for the injuries thus received.
Under the instructions of the court the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. It seems difficult to understand how they reached this result in view of the answer of the court to defendant’s points, most of which were affirmed without qualification. The first point, however, was refused. It was, “ that under all the evidence in this ease the plaintiff is not entitled to recover.”
It was alleged, on…
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