Mollie Gibson Consolidated Mining & Milling Co. v. Sharp

This case is here upon writ of error to the judgment of the court of appeals affirming a judgment of the district court of Pitkin county in favor of the defendant in error. The action is under our damage act (Mills’ Ann. Stats., p. 1003, et seq.~), and was brought by the plaintiff, as the father of William Sharp, deceased, who met his death as the result of the negligent acts of the plaintiff in error in failing to provide in its mine for its employés (of whom deceased was one) a reasonably safe place in which to work.

The amount of the judgment is not sufficient to entitle the plaintiff in…