Webb v. Iowa-Nebraska Coal Co.

— Appellee is the surviving widow of the workman William Webb, who was employed as a coal miner by appellant coal company. The evidence in behalf of appellee tends to show that, in March, 1923, the workman and .his son were engaged in appellant’s coal mine, in pulling down pillars. The workman was wedging down top coal some eight or nine inches in thickness, when it started to fall, and he jumped back to get out of the way of- the falling coal, and struck a prop, and was thrown forward on his hands and knees. The coal fell on his back and around him. He was rendered unconscious for a short…