Cherokee & Pittsburg Coal & Mining Co. v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Crawford District Court. This action was brought by John Dickson against The Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal and Mining Company to recover damages for injuries sustained by Dickson while working in the defendant’s mine near Frontenac, in Crawford county. William Elwood was the pit-boss in charge of this mine, with power to employ and discharge miners.
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Error from, Crawford District Court. This action was brought by John Dickson against The Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal and Mining Company to recover damages for injuries sustained by Dickson while working in the defendant’s mine near Frontenac, in Crawford county. William Elwood was the pit-boss in charge of this mine, with power to employ and discharge miners. The petition alleges, and the proof shows, that Dickson was working in what is called the “smoke-room,” which is an entry next to the main east entry in the mine. Next south from this smoke-room was a room in which one Gustav Dufresne…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
AlleN, J. :
The defendant in error contends that the record does not contain all the evidence, and that the questions argued by the plaintiff in error are not raised by the record. There is no recital in the case-made that it contains all of the evidence. The record shows, after reciting the impaneling of the jury, that “thereupon the trial proceeded, and the following evidence was introduced.” Then follows testimony of -witnesses for the plaintiff, after'which it *65recites that “thereupon the plaintiff, haying introduced all of his evidence, rests his…
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