Rock Island Coal Mining Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pittsburg County; Action by T. O. Davis against the Rock Island Coal Mining Company, for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
GALBRAITH, C.
The plaintiff in error was engaged in operating a coal mine, known as “Hartshorne No. 7,” located near -Hartshorne, in Pittsburg county, Okla., and the defendant in error charges in his petition that on February 21, 1910, he was employed at said mine as a shot firer, and while so employed, and when passing through tne south main entry of said mine, the timbers gave way and a large quantity of rock and shale from the roof thereof fell upon him, crushing his leg and back and breaking two of his ribs, and otherwise seriously injuring him, and that this accident was due…
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