Uthermohlen v. Bogg's Run Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by Kaymond Uthermohlen against the Bogg's Run Mining & Manufacturing Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
Bogg’s Run Mining and Manufacturing Company was engaged in mining coal from its land, and in its operations used a cable for hauling its coal cars from its mine to the tipple at the railroad and back to the mine. This cable ran over some pulleys necessary for its operation. Raymond Uthermohlen, a boy between seven and eight years of age, was playing with two Other small boys on the premises of the said company, and in some way he was caught by the cable and his leg fastened between the cable and one of those pulleys, and badly injured, and then he brought this action…
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