Clinchfield Coal Corp. v. Hawkins
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Dickenson county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by Edgar Hawkins against the Clinchfield Coal Corporation to recover damages for personal injuries received by him when he was caught under a piece of falling slate in a mine owned and operated by that corporation. At the trial of the case the defendant interposed a demurrer to the evidence which the .court overruled, and a judgment followed in favor of the plaintiff for the amount of the damages fixed by the jury in their conditional verdict. Thereupon the defendant obtained this writ of error.
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