Island Coal Co. v. Clemmitt

— The appellee’s complaint, upon demurrer, was held sufficient. It showed that the appellee *22was a minor, suing by next friend; that the appellant was a corporation doing business in the mining and getting out of coal at a certain shaft; that at this shaft “a large amount of slack, dirt, small coal, and other refuse is brought to the top of the ground and piled up by said defendant; that a public highway runs near said shaft; that said defendant hoisted said slack, dirt, small coal, and refuse and threw and piled the same negligently and carelessly from said shaft to and along and into said…