Brazil Block Coal Co. v. Young

Elliott, C. J. —

The complaint alleges that the minor son of the appellee, sixteen years of age, was employed in the coal mine of the appellant, and that “ it became the duty of the defendant to construct, keep and maintain the entrances, avenues, passages and roadways in said mine, over, along and through which plaintiff’s son was required to pass, in the performance of his duties as a driver, in a safe and secure condition ; but defendant, in disregard of its duty in this respect, negligently suffered and permitted the roof in said entrances, passages and roadways, at, in and around the…