Eureka Elkhorn Coal Co. v. Lawson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On the 15th day of February, 1918, and for some time prior thereto the defendants and appellants, Eureka Elk-horn Coal Company and Kingdom Come Coal Company, were engaged in grading a track for a spur line of railroad running from a line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company near the mouth of Sand Lick creek in Letcher county to the coal mines of defendants located a short distance up the creek. Between 11 and 12 o’clock A, M. on the day mentioned the agents and servants of defendants engaged in the work set off and exploded a charge of…