Henderson v. Moweaqua Coal Mining & Manufacturing Co.

This is a suit by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee on November 24, 1904, in the coal mine of appellant. A trial by jury in the Circuit Court of Shelby county resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for $3,000. The original declaration filed by appellee on November 3, 1905, contained three counts. The first count alleges that appellant had contracted with the miners’ union, of which appellee was a member, to furnish to the miners for use in the mine a certain kind of powder branded “ C. C. C. Alton Powder,” which powder was…