Fluehart Collieries Co. v. Elam

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirm-mg.

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment for. $1,-500 entered upon the verdict of a jury in a suit, by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him. At the time of the injury complained of the appellee was a coal miner, engaged in working for the appellant coal company. The mine operated by the appellant was what is known as a shaft mine, the shaft extending from the surface <5f the ground a distance of about 110 feet to the coal. In the shaft there were two elevators operated by machinery, situated…