Eagle Coal Co. v. Patrick's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

— Reversing.

The evidence in this record is far from clear. It indirectly appears, from the evidence, that a drawing was made on the floor in front of the jury and used on the trial, hut no map or drawing accompanies the record. As nearly as we have been able to determine the facts,, they are substantially as follows:

Henry A. Patrick and one Loudermilk, coal miners,, were engaged in the mine of the Eagle Coal Company,, in extracting or mining coal, for the purpose of forming-a passage from the air-course to a room on the left thereof. The passage so being…