Royal Collieries Company v. Wells

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming.

Ed Wells was employed by the Royal Collieries Company as a coal loader. On September 17, 1914, he quit work, and in the following March filed a suit against the company alleging that he had been injured by bad air negligently permitted to accumulate in his working place. On the first trial of the case a verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant, but the circuit court granted a new trial. On the next trial the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $2,000, but upon an appeal to this court the judgment was reversed. Royal Collieries Co.…