Paris Purity Coal Company v. Pendergrass

This action was instituted in the circuit court of Logan county, Arkansas, by Zone Pendergrass against the Paris Purity Coal Company and others on May 14,1930. Appellee charged in her complaint that she was the owner of the surface of the land described in the complaint, and the appellant had carelessly and negligently so mined and removed the coal as to make the surface above the mine break, sink and subside, and had carelessly and negligently failed to properly secure the roof and working places therein, and asked judgment in the sum of $3,000.

The appellant filed answer denying the…