Pacific Coast Coal Co. v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Clinton W. Howard, Judge. Action by Stanley Brown against the Pacific Coast Coal Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings errpr.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, a coal miner by occupation, brought this action in the court below against the plaintiff in error coal company to recover damages for injuries sustained *870by him by the explosion of gas at the place in the mine where he was working, which was at breast No. 77 on the sixth level of the plaintiff in error’s extensive Black Diamond coal mine, in King county, state of Washington; the complaint alleging as grounds of the action the neglect of the defendant thereto to furnish the plaintiff a safe and secure place in which to work, and, further:
“That tor…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Alaska Treadwell Gold Min. Co. v. WhelanSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- What Cheer Coal Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Costa v. Pacific Coast Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1901
- Browne v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Davis v. Trade Dollar Consol. Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Brown v. Pacific Coast Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916