Catlett v. Young

This is an action on the case brought by appellee against appellants to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused by falling down the shaft of a coal mine, the mouth of which, as she alleged in her declaration, was not securely protected by gates as provided by the statute regulating the operating of coal mines. On the trial below appellee recovered a judgment for $2,000.

The testimony showed the shaft to be 234 feet deep, and that it had been in operation but a few months, the buildings and machinery for hoisting not yet being complete. The coal was hoisted in a box about two and a…