Pocahontas Consol. Collieries Co. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Action by F. U. Johnson, administrator of J. D. Ross, deceased, against the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company, Incorporated. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
This action is for damages caused by the death of J. D. Ross, an employé who was killed in defendant’s coal mine. There were two main ways into the mine, the drift mouth and the entrance at the tipple. These intersected at a point about 800 feet from the drift mouth and about 300 feet from the tipple entrance. From the tipple to a point about 800 feet inside, the main entry was *370double-tracked, the track on the right going into the mine being used for empty cars and that on the left for loaded cars. The cars were moved by an electric motor within the mine, and by a chain…
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