Mangus v. Proctor-Eagle Coal Co.

POEEENBARGER, JUDGE t

This writ of error brings here for review an order setting aside a verdict for $3,000.00, returned in an action for a personal *719injury, based upon the theory of an unlawful employment of the plaintiff, an infant under fourteen years of age, and consequent denial of the benefit of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, to the defendant, a coal mining corporation and a subscriber and contributor to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, at the time of the employment and injury:

The injury consisted of a fracture of one of the plaintiff’s legs, below the knee, and it occurred outside of…