Simpson v. Carter Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by Eoy Simpson against the Carter Coal Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
'Williams, PRESIDENT:
On the morning of August 10, 1913, Roy Simpson, an employe of defendant, was riding on a trip of loaded cars from the drift mouth to the coal tipple, when a wreck occurred, and one of his legs was so badly crushed that amputation was necessary. He recovered a judgment for $2,500, and defendant brings error.
The sufficiency of the declaration was challenged by demurrer, which was overruled, and we think properly so. The drift mouth is a mile or more from the tipple, near which plaintiff and some of the other miners lived. The declaration avers that, in order to go quickly…
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