Cox v. United States Coal & Coke Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to'Circuit Court. McDowell County. Action by Henry Cox against the United States Coal & Coke Company. - Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Plaintiff, Henry Cox, recovered a judgment for $15,000 against the defendant, United States Coal & Coke (¡Company, a corporation, in an action for personal injury, and it has brought the case here oii writ of error. Defendant’s demurrer to the declaration was overruled. It then pleaded the general issue and tendered two special pleas, averring, in substance, that it was an employer within the meaning of the act of the legislature known as the Workmen’s Compensation Act; that, at the time of his injury and for sometime prior thereto, plaintiff was one of its regular employees…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- De Constantin v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Commonwealth Electric Co. v. MelvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- DeTarr v. Ferd. Heim Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1900
- Rooney v. WoolworthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
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- Humphrey v. Twin State Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1927
- Haynes v. City of NitroWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
- Griffith v. Raven Red Ash Coal Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- McPheters v. LoomisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Donnelly v. Minneapolis Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
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