Jeffries Coal Co. v. Industrial Accident Board

MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:

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 coal mine employing more than twelve persons “actually engaged in the mining of coal” shall provide a washroom not over 800 feet from the principal entrance of the mine when practicable to do so. When not practicable to build it within this distance the coal mine inspector may give written permission to place it at a greater distance from the mine.

On January 11, 1951, defendant board issued an order which in substance recited the…