Western Coal Mining Company v. Nichols

Appellee alleged, for his .cause of action, that on the ,18th day of January, -1921, .he was in the" employ of , appellant in Mine No. 6, near Denning,: Arkansas, and that ,he was injured 'by a fall of rock. In the original complaint a recovery was asked on two grounds; (1), negligence on the part of the defendant in failing to furnish appellee with a safe place in which to work; (2), that, after an inspection of appellee’s place of work by appellant’s, mine foreman, appellee was assured that" thp. place was safe, and, relying upon this. assurance, appellee,'continued to work, when the place…