Interstate Coal Co. v. Trivett

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Plaintiff, C. M. Trivett, while at work in the mines of the defendant, Interstate Coal Company, was struck hy a piece of falling slate and severely injured. In this action for damages he recovered a verdict and judgment of $1,750. The coal company appeals.

*826The defendant owns and operates a coal mine at Trosper, in Knox County, Kentucky. On September 18, 1910, plaintiff arrived from his home at Dante, Virginia, at defendant’s mines, and sought employment. Not caring to dig or load coal, he asked for “company work,” or work by the…