Edwards' Admr. v. Lam

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hobson

Reversing.

James Boyd Edwards was a miner, working in the mine of the defendant, J. W. Lam, and on November 21,1907, be was fatally burned by an explosion wbicbi *35occurred in the mine. He died a few days afterward, and this suit was brought by his administratrix to recover for his death on the ground that the statutory provisions for the safety of the mine had not been complied with; it being in effect alleged in the peti-| tion that the requirements of the statute as to ventila-. tion had all been violated. An answer was filed controverting the allegations of…