Gibraltar Coal Mining Co. v. Miller

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

In this action by N. L. Miller against the Gibraltar Coal Mining Company to recover for personal injuries, the jury awarded plaintiff damages in the sum of $1,000. The coal company appeals.

The facts are these: Appellant owns and operates a coal mine at Brownsville, in Muhlenberg county. On May 5, 1927, the day of the accident, the mine was not in operation, but Miller and others were called on to do some extra work in the mine at a place some distance from the bottom of the shaft, and accessible only through the main entry. Accompanied by the…