Princeton Coal Mining Co. v. Lawrence
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Gibson Circuit Court; O. M. Welborn, Judge. Action by Josie Lawrence, as administratrix of the estate of Solomon Lawrence, deceased, against the Princeton Coal Mining Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff for $.1,000, defendant appeals. Transferred from the Appellate Court (see 47 Ind. App. 217) under §1392 Burns 1908, Acts 1907 p. 237, §1.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
This action is by a widow to recover for the death of her husband. It was brought under the coal-mining act of 1905 (Acts 1905 p. 65, §8569 et seq. Burns 1908), and the amendments by the acts of 1907 (Acts 1907 p. 253, §8597 Burns 1908, and Acts 1907 p. 347, §8602 et seq. Burns 1908).
The complaint, the sufficiency of which is attacked, sets out with great detail the physical outlines of appellant’s coal mine, giving the depth of the main shaft, the location of the main entries, the cross-entries, the rooms, the break-throughs, the air-shafts, and alleges the employment of miners to produce…
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