Clover Fork Coal Co. v. Daniels Ex Rel. Daniels

*212CLAY, Commissioner.

The appellee plaintiff, an infant seven years of age, was seriously injured on a moving conveyor belt operated by defendant appellant. The jury awarded plaintiff $50,000.

Defendant is a coal operator. On its premises is a lengthy conveyor belt for transporting coal from a bin to a tipple. One end of this belt line is housed in a sheet iron structure at the bottom of a hollow, approximately 10 feet from a private roadway. The lower part of this housing was open on two sides, exposing the roller and belt. Without difficulty a person could enter the housing.

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