Morris v. Dines Mining Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

These are three separate actions against the Dines Mining Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries in which the respective plaintiffs allege that while employed by defendant and as a result of its negligence they sustained injuries which caused them to contract the occupational disease of silicosis. The appeals, consolidated for purposes of appellate review by agreement of the parties, are from orders of the trial court overruling demurrers to the three petitions.

In their briefs and on oral argument counsel for the…