Dasher v. Hooking Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Errór to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. Action by John J. Dash.er against the Hocking Mining Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff brought suit to recover for injuries suffered by him while engaged with another workman in taking out “bottom” coal in an entry of defendant’s mine, the injury being caused by the fall from the roof of a “pot” of slate or soapstone weighing several hundred pounds. The defendant was alleged to be negligent in failing to prop up or support the roof of the mine in any way.
Section 6871 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, then in force, provided that:
"Any miner or other person, employed in any mine governed by the statute, who intentionally and willfully neglects or…
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- Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. JarviCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
- Petaja v. Aurora Iron Mining Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1895
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