Kleinfelt v. J. H. Somers Coal Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Gage (William G.), J. Case by Ida Kleinfelt, administratrix of the estate of Otto Kleinfelt, deceased, against the J. H. Somers Coal Company for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s decedent. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This action was brought to recover for damages resulting to the estate of Otto Kleinfelt by negligently causing his death in one of defendant’s mines at St. Charles, Mich., October 24, 1905. At the close of all the proofs, the court directed a verdict for the defendant. It becomes necessary therefore to determine whether there was any testimony offered on behalf of the plaintiff which fairly tended to show facts from which a liability could be drawn.
The defendant’s, mine was about 195 feet deep, and miners and others customarily entered and departed from the mine by means of cages operated in…
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