Gatliff Coal Co. v. Hill's Adm'r

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

From a $7,500 judgment in favor of the appellee for the alleged negligent killing of his intestate, the Gatliff Coal Company has appealed.

The Accident.

On Tuesday, October 20, 1931, the Gatliff Coal Company put Ernest Hill to work drawing a pillar between rooms 19 and 20 on the east side of its tenth right entry off of its third main. While he was working on this pillar he was killed, Friday, October 23, 1931, by a large slab of stone which fell upon him from the roof. Hill was 25 years of age, and was earning between $4 and $6 per day. The…