Cinkovitch v. Thistle Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose District Court. — Hon. C. W. Vermillion, J udge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The plaintiff was employed by the de*597fendant to labor as a coal miner. At the time of his injury he was engaged in driving or excavating an air course running parallel with the main passage or roadway extending from the bottom of the shaft through the stratum of coal. The air course was a passage about eight feet in width. Plaintiff had been working there alone for some time, and was driving the excavation at the rate of three to four feet per day taking out the coal, leaving the course roofed by the overlying stratum of rock. According to his story, after he had reached a point sixty to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Huggard v. Glucose Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Cushman v. Carbondale Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Mace v. BoedkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Long v. Johnson County Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Calloway v. Agar Packing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
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