Continental Coal Corp. v. Hounchell's Adm'r

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hobson

Affirming.

The Continental Coal Corporation desiring to open a new entry into its mine, made a contract with one Matt Anderson, hv which he agreed to cut the entry at so much a yard, he employing his own hands, and doing the work in his own way, the company furnishing him the money to pay his hands. He cat the entry through hut it was not as high as the contract required, and he was blasting down the roof to make the entry high enough. The miners in that part of the mine began coming through the entry in going out but he warned them that it was dangerous, as…