Buchannan v. Cole

This is the second appeal in this case. Buchannan v. Cole, 57 Mo. App. 11. A brief restatement of the salient facts only is necessary. The Davie Mining and Development Company, a defendant here, had a mining contract with the Kentucky Mining Company for getting mineral from mining lots numbers 116, 117, 124, and 125. Under an agreement with the Davie Mining Company the defendant Cole erected on the premises what is denominated as a ‘ 'gravity plant, ” which consisted of a building in which was certain machinery used for hoisting and separating lead and zinc ores. In the erection of this…