Borderland Coal Co. v. Kerns

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

Reversing.

*488The appellee, John W. Kerns, was an employe of the appellant, Borderland Coal Company, which was engaged’in mining coal in Pike County. His main duties, which appellant required him to perform under his employment, were the operation of the pump, and keeping the mines free from water, which interfered with the miners in their duties, and setting timbers to protect the roof of the mines, and in the absence of the track layer, it was his duty to look after the tracks in the mines, and to do whatever was necessary to keep the tracks in condition. About…