Royal Collieries Company v. Wells

Opinion of ti-ie Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, Royal Collieries Company, was defendant below, and shall hereafter in this opinion he referred to as the defendant. It seeks to reverse a judg ment for $2,000.00 recovered against it by the appellee, who was plaintiff below, and shall hereafter be referred to as the plaintiff.

The plaintiff was a miner of six years’ experience. He had worked for the defendant asa miner for about a year, and for the last few weeks of this time had been working in the room wherein he claims to have sustained injuries, for which he sued and made…