Faulkner v. Gatliff Coal Company

Opinion ’op the -Court by

Judge Logan

Affirming.

W. G. Faulkner, the appellant, began work for the Gatliff Coal Company; appellee, on September 1, 1927. About three weeks thereafter his fingers were caught by the blades of an electric suction fan and seriously inured. He brought suit, and, at the conclusion of his evidence, the trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict for appellee.

A brief statement of the facts is required. Appellee operates a coal mine. The mine is electrified, and in the spring of 1927 the company built a concrete substation about one-half mile distant from the…