Clinchfield Coal Corp. v. Osborne's Admr.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
At the time of the accident, out of which this litigation grows, C. W. Oshorne was working as the hired servant of the defendant coal corporation in one of its coal mines and was killed while in the discharge of his duties as a miner by falling slate, stone, etc., from the roof of the mine. This suit was brought in the name of J. B. Kiser, administrator of C. W. Osborne, deceased, to recover of the defendant coal corporation damages for the death of his intestate, which is alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The trial in the circuit court resulted in a verdict and…
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