Western Anthracite Coal & C. Co. v. Beaver
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action under the Miners Act. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph County; the Hon. William Hartzell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Worthington
Jury waived and trial by the court, upon the first count of the amended declaration, which, after preliminary averments, alleges in substance, that on May 11, 1899, Henry Beaver, deceased, was in defendant’s employ as a coal miner; that. Beaver requested defendant to furnish props and cap pieces of sufficient length and dimensions to prop a dangerous rock or “ clod,” and that, contrary to the statute, the defendant willfully failed and omitted to furnish said props and cap pieces as requested, of sufficient length and dimensions, and that because of this willful failure and omission on the…
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