Mannin v. Ashland Iron & Mining Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The purpose of this suit filed by appellant and plaintiff is to recover damages from the appellee (defendant below) for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s decedent, Darius Mannin, which occurred in Ashland, Kentucky, on December 8,1915:

A part if not the entire business of the defendant is the manufacture of pig iron from iron ore, and for that purpose it has an extensive plant and spacious yards in the city of Ashland. The west portion of its yards is occupied by its blast furnaces, where the ore is melted and cast into pig iron, while…