Williams v. Thacker Coal & Coke Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ming-o county. Action by Levy Williams, administratrix of John M. Williams, deceased, against the Thacker Coal & Coke Company for damages. Defendant had judgment, and plaintiff brings error..
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, Judge:
On the Í3th day of February, 1895, John M. William^ *600was in the employ of the Thacker Coal & Coke Company in Mingo county, engaged in mining or digging coal in said company’s mines in room No. 11. About noon of that day he went into room No. 12, where two other miners were at work, to borrow from them a tamping bar and needle, which it seems it was necessary for him to have in the proper prosecution of. his work in getting out his coal. In about an hour thereafter he returned the tools to the person from whom he borrowed them in room No. 12, and as he had turned, and was again…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Durkin v. Kingston Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Waddell & Walter v. SimosonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Saunders v. QuiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- James v. City of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1856
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- McMillan v. Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
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