Norton Coal Co. v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
A. W. Murphy, the defendant in error, while engaged in repairing tracks in the coal mine of the Norton Coal Company, the plaintiff in error, was injured by a piece of slate, some nine feet long, five feet wide and seventeen inches thick, falling upon him from the roof of the room or haulway in which he and another employee named Hanks were working. To recover damages for that injury this action was instituted.
The defendant company demurred to the evidence. Its demurrer was overruled and judgment 'rendered in favor of the plaintiff. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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