Highland Coal & Lumber Co. v. Cravens

This was an action for damages brought by George Cravens, administrator of his son, Arvalis Cravens, deceased, to recover of defendant Highland Coal Lumber Company for the alleged wrongful and negligent killing of his said intestate while employed in a coal mine operated by the defendant. A trial before the Circuit Judge and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $10,000.

The action was based upon the unlawful employment of Arvalis Cravens in the coal mine, while he was under the age of sixteen years. On June 24, 1924, he was fatally burned in the…