Jacob v. Peerless White Lime Co.

— This case came to me on reassignment. Action by Elizabeth Gisi to recover for the death of her husband, William Gisi, while in the service of defendant in its mine in Ste. Genevieve County. On suggestion of the marriage of plaintiff to one Jacob, the proceeding continued in the name of Elizabeth Jacob. The trial resulted in a verdict for $8,500, judgment accordingly, and defendant appealed.

It is alleged (1) that defendant negligently failed to use ordinary care to furnish Gisi a reasonably safe place to work, in that it required him to handle explosive caps at or near a place used by other…