Stearns Coal & Lumber Co. v. Calhoun

Opinion op the Court by

"William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

In this action for damages for-, personal injuries, plaintiff, Mart Calhoun, recovered of defendant, the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company,-, a verdict and judgment for $1,500. The defendant appeals.

At the time of the injury plaintiff was engaged m cutting coal with a Sullivan Punching Machine. The machine weighs about 900 pounds, is T6 inches in diameter, and has a wheel on each side by. which it is moved. The machine is placed on a board about 10 feet long and 40 inches wide. The pick which cuts the coal is operated "by means…