Daniels v. Thacker Fuel Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by Henry Daniels, as administrator, against tbe Tbacker Fuel Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
An action on the case for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent, alleged to have been a boy under fourteen years of age, and employed by defendant in its coal mine contrary to the statute.
On the first trial, defendant’s demurrer to the declaration *256having been overruled, issue was joined on the plea of not guilty, and after both parties' had introduced their evidence- and rested, defendant demurred to the evidence and plaintiff joined therein, and there was a conditional verdict for the-plaintiff for $5,000.00, subject to the judgment of the court on the law of the case, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lambert v. Ensign Manuf'g Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Dickinson v. Stuart Colliery Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
- Cook v. Raleigh Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Rhodes v. J. B. B. Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
- Moss v. Campbell's Creek RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
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- Cole v. FairchildWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
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