Central Coal & Coke Co. v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Action bv John Williams against the Central Coal & Coke Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Williams sued the coal company for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by him while mining coal in a mine operated by the company.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Action bv John Williams against the Central Coal & Coke Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Williams sued the coal company for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by him while mining coal in a mine operated by the company. The complaint was that defendant failed to observe proper care to keep a roof of an entry in the mine, where the miners were required to keep their powder and fuse and make up their cartridges, in a reasonably safe condition; that as a…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Much evidence was offered tc sustain the issue, tendered by the answer, that plaintiff might in the exercise of ordinary care have discovered the dangerous character of the roof in question, and the court charged the jury that the duty devolved upon the master to exercise reasonable care to make the entry in question reasonably safe and secure, and *338properly told the jury that the servant had a right to presume that the master had performed his duty and to proceed with his work in reliance• upon that presumption; but the court qualified this correct…
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