Superior Coal Co v. Industrial Commission

The circuit court of Macoupin county having set aside an award of the Industrial Commission against the Superior Coal Company in favor of Joe Schieall, a writ of error was allowed on his petition to review the judgment.

The plaintiff in error, an employee of the Superior Coal Company, on December 24, 1925, being alone, was setting a prop, on top of which he undertook to drive a wedge or cap-piece. In doing so he struck the roof with his sledge hammer, scratching the sulphur so that some of it fell into his left eye. He finished setting the prop and went home. The mine was not in operation on…