Coal Valley Mining Co. v. Haywood

Thomas Haywood, a minor, by Jane Haywood, his mother and next friend, brought this action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of appellant in its mine. There were four counts in the declaration. The first charged that appellee was employed to drive a mule harnessed to a cart along a certain passage-way in the mine known as number 50, to haul out coal; that it was then appellant’s duty to use reasonable care and diligence to keep the entry safe for its employes to work in, and particularly to prop and timber the roof to prevent rock and…