Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co. v. Hairston
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was instituted by Hairston to recover damages for injuries received by him while in the employment of the Pocahontas Collieries Company.
*120Hairston was employed by the Collieries Company to run an electric motor, which conveyed to different parts of the mine operated by the Collieries Company a machine to cut coal. These coal cutters are placed upon trucks with wheels, which convey them from place to place in the entries and rooms of the mines, up to the solid coal, where they are placed in position to saw or undercut the coal seams,…
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