West Kentucky Coal Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 86. — ACTION BY J. B. DAYIS AGAINST THE WEST KENTUCKY COAL COMPANY. J. W. Henson, Circuit Judge. Appeal from Union Circuit Court. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Wm. Rogers Clay,
Commissioner — Reversing.
Appellee, J. B. Davis, instituted tliis action against appellant, West Kentucky Coal Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by appellant’s negligence. The trial in the lower court resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for the sum of $1,600. To reverse that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The appellant is a corporation operating a coal mine near the town of Sturgis, Union county, Ky. It also owns and operates a mine at Wheateroft, and at one or two other places. In…
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