West Kentucky Coal Co. v. Butler's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

*429About March 1, 1911, Dexter Butler began work as a track layer in the mine of the West Kentucky Coal Company at Sturgis, Kentucky. He worked as a track layer until March 11, when he was sent to work with the night crew. They loaded up four cars with props and attached a motor to them. Butler and Christian, the foreman of the crew, were sitting on the front of the motor, and the other hands were behind them at other places on the car. As they went along they came to a place known as the squeeze. At this point the roof of the mine had…