Henrietta Coal Co. v. Campbell

This suit was brought by the plaintiff, appellee, against the. defendant, appellant, to recover damages for injuries received while in the employ of the defendant. Defendant owned and operated a coal mine in which plaintiff was employed and at the time of the injury was engaged as a driver. The coal was moved from the working rooms or face of the mine to the pit or shaft, a distance of several hundred feet, by means of cars'drawn by a mule, over a tramway of usual construction, through what is termed an entry. At one point in going out, the road first turns to the right, through a cross-cut,…