Hancock v. Keene
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Sullivan Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This was an action to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the appellee, William Keene, while engaged as an employee of the appellants in driving a coal car drawn by a mule through a passway in a coal mine of the appellants, the injury being caused by the falling from the roof of the passway of a large piece of stone or slate which had become loosened and dangerous, and which was not properly supported and guarded.
A demurrer to the complaint was overruled. The appellants, in argument relating to this ruling, contend that if the appellee had no knowledge of the alleged defect in…
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