Jeffries Coal Co. v. Industrial Accident Board

252 P.2d 1046 (1952)

JEFFRIES COAL CO., RESPONDENT,

v.

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD, et al.

No. 9210.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted November 13, 1952.

Decided December 19, 1952.

Rehearing denied February 11, 1953.

Mr. Arnold H. Olsen, Atty. Gen., Mr. Thomas F. Joyce and Mrs. Vera Jean Heckathorne, Asst. Attys. Gen., Helena, for appellants.

Mr. G.J. Jeffries, Roundup, Mr. Ralph J. Anderson, Helena, for respondent.

Mr. Joyce and Mr. Jeffries argued orally.

ANGSTMAN, Justice.

Plaintiff is engaged in operating a coal mine near Roundup.

R.C.M. 1947, sec. 50-435, provides in substance that every operator of a…