Log Mountain Coal Co. v. Crunkleton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

The appellee Crunkleton, a coal miner, recovered a verdict and judgment for $1,000.00 against the Log Mountain Coal Company for damages to his health arising out of the failure of the coal company to properly ventilate its mine, as required by Section 2731 of the Kentucky Statutes. That statute reads as follows:

“The owner, agent or lessee of every coal mine, whether slope, shaft or drift, to which this act applies, shall provide and maintain for every such mine an amount of ventilation of not less than one hundred cubic feet of air per minute per…