Andrews v. Free
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Fourth District; Son. A. B. Morgan, Judge. Action by Nicholas Andrews- against J. S. Free and E. A. Taylor, partners doing business under the firm name of Free & Taylor. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, C. J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for an alleged personal injury. In the complaint it is alleged that he was in the employ of the defendants, working underground, as a miner and mucker in a mining and drain tunnel. The negligence charged is a failure to furnish him a safe place to work. The particulars charged are that a loose rock weighing about 200 pounds was suffered and permitted to be unsupported and hanging from the side of the tunnel, which fell and struck him. The answer put in issue all the allegations of the complaint, including that of employment, and presented…
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