Dunham v. Black Diamond Coal Co.

This was an action on the case commenced in the circuit court of Sangamon county by Charles H. Dunham, the appellee, against the Blade Diamond Coal Company, the appellant, to recover damages sustained by the appellee while engaged as a mule driver in the mine of the appellant, in consequence, as it is alleged, of the willful violation of the Mines and Mining act by the appellant. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee for $365, upon which the court, after overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, rendered judgment, which judgment has been affirmed by the…