Rock Island Coal Mining Co. v. Gilliam

This suit was commenced by defendant in error, plaintiff below, hereinafter called plaintiff, to recover for an injury suffered by the plaintiff in one of the mines owned by the defendant. The case was tried to a jury and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant has appealed. The plaintiff at the time of the injury was 14 years and three months old, and was permitted to work in the defendant’s coal mine in violation of the provisions of section 7218, Compiled Statutes 3921, which is as follows:

“No child under' the age of 16 and no girl or woman shall be employed or…