High Splint Coal Co. v. Cox

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sims

-Reversing.

Walter Cox was an employee of tbe High Splint Coal Company (hereinafter referred to as the Company) which was not operating under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He'recovered a judgment of $4500 against the Company for personal injuries received in a mining accident. It is asking a reversal of the judgment because: 1. Plaintiff’s injuries resulted solely from his own negligence; 2. a compromise settlement was entered into between the parties which released the Company from all liability; 3. the 'court erred in not transferring the cause to equity…