Broadway Coal Mining Co. v. Southard

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

— -Affirming.

Appellee recovered of appellant in the court below $500.00 damages for personal injuries sustained while employed in its coal mine and engaged at the bottom of the shaft, in the work of removing from the cage, as lowered from the tipple, empty cars and replacing them with others loaded with coal brought from the interior of the mine. His injuries were caused by a blow on the head from a piece of timber, two by four inches in size and 18 in length, which fell from the top of the shaft, greatly bruised his head and fractured his skull.

The piece of…