Cox v. Wilkeson Coal & Coke Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered February 19, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for damages for the wrongful death of an employee in a coal mine.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
The facts, in so far as they are pertinent to the appeal herein, are as follows: On March 12, 1908, J. H. Cox, husband and father of respondents, was at work in appellant’s mine, in what is known as pillar No. 119. He had with him a working partner named Hudson. The method used in working the mine was to run vertical breasts which would be intersected by crosscuts, dividing the coal into large blocks. The line of blocks between any two. breasts was called a pillar. The coal is taken out as quickly as it can be done, and its place is supplied by props and cogs which support the roof. After the…
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