McVey v. St. Clair Co.

Dent, Judge:

G-. W. McVcy, administrator of John E. Van Buskirk, deceased, obtained a judgment in the circuit court of Fayette County for two thousand dollars against the St. Clair Company, on account of the death of Van Buskirk, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The undisputed facts are as follows: That decedent while in the employ of the defendant as a coal shovcler, being a boy almost of mature growth, seventeen years of age, was directed by Howery, his superior boss or foreman, to assist him as a helper in running an electric mining machine. Howery operated…