Presley v. Actus Coal Company

This is an action by the administrator of the estate of F. S. Bratcher, deceased, against the Actus Coal Company, to recover damages for the benefit of the estafe and next of kin of F. O. Bratcher. For his cause of action the plaintiff alleged that the defendant is an Arkansas corporation engaged in the mining of coal; that Bratcher was an employee of the defendant; that, acting under the orders and directions of its agents and servants, Bratcher was driving a mule pulling coal from the rooms in the mine out to the parting, where the cars were picked up and carried to the top of the mine by…