Gatliff Coal Co. v. Sumner

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

Appellee and ¡plaintiff below, James Sumner, filed this action in the Whitley circuit court against appellant and defendant below, Gatliff Coal Company, seeking a judgment against it for damages sustained by plaintiff as the result -of an injury to one of his legs while he was working in the mine of defendant as a hostler or scraper to one who was cutting the coal with a punching machine and which injury, as alleged, was produced by the carelessness and negligence of defendant in failing to furnish him with a reasonably safe place to perform the…