Montana Coal & Coke Co. v. Kovec
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana. Action by Andrew Kovec against the Montana Coal & Coke Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error sued and recovered a verdict and judgment for damages In the court below against the plaintiff in error for injuries sustained by him under circumstances hereinafter indicated. The case shows that he was in the employ of the company for several years as an ordinary coal miner, and was so working on the day of the accident to him. There was testimony going to show that the mine was a deep and extensive one, and that in the working of it cars of coal were drawn up various slants to the main track by means of engines operated by electricity. At other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mountain Copper Co. v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1905
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