Muren Coal & Ice Co. v. Howell

This was an action in case in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, by appellee against appellant, to recover damages resulting from the death of appellee’s intestate. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for §5,000.

The amended declaration upon which the case was tried consists of two counts, which as abstracted by appellant’s counsel are as follows ;

“The first count alleges, as the previous declarations had, that the defendant was the owner of a coal mine and operating it; that August Schmidt was in the employ of the defendant as a coal driver, his duties requiring him…