Balen v. Colfax Consolidated Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Henry Sil wold, Judge. Action to recover damages consequent on personal in-' jury in defendant’s mine, resulted in judgment as prayed. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
l. master and servant : rejecting master an l non-rea1it-nprocédúre The defendant operates a coal mine, in which plaintiff was employed as a coal digger. The shaft extended down about 180 feet, and in it were two cages, operated by machinery, one ascending as the other descended. From the shaft, entries ]iad been driven, and rooms turned off of ; these. Empty cars were taken from the cages on the north side, and loaded cars run on at the south side of the sháft. An entry extended 20 or 25 feet south of the shaft, and thence entries had been driven eastward and westward, and these were made…
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- Chumbley v. CourtneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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