Ward v. Liverpool Salt & Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mason County. Action by Theodore Ward against the Liverpool Salt & Coal Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, President:
By this writ of error the defendant, Liverpool Salt & Coal Company, seeks reversal of a judgment recovered against it by the plaintiff, Theodore Ward, on account of injuries alleged to have been received by him while employed as a laborer in its coal mine. The principal defense is, that defendant did not 'employ plaintiff, and was not the owner or the operator of the mine in which he was injured and is, therefore, not liable. Defendant is a corporation, chartered under the laws of West Virginia in 1888, and owns and operates a salt works within two or three hundred yards…
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