Lilly v. Haynes Co-operative Coal Mining Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Adams county. The cause was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff; subsequently, the defendant moved for a new trial or for judgment notwithstanding tho verdict; the court granted the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff alleges that the defendant is a foreign corporation engaged in mining coal in Adams county, North Dakota; that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to work in its mine in this state, commencing in the month of October, 1919, and that the plaintiff…