Colesar v. Star Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Willis
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee was a coal miner in a mine known as No. 4 at Kangley, Illinois, operated by appellant. About the time he went to work on the morning of November 14, 1907, there was an explosion of gas in the roof of the entry near him and he was thereby injured. He brought this suit to recover damages for the injury so sustained, and had a verdict and a judgment for $10,000 from which the company appeals. The case went to the jury on the three counts of the amended declaration, the second, third, fifth and sixth additional counts, and…
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