New Pittsburgh Coal & Coke Co. v. Peterson

The appellee sued the appellant, in the court below, for personal injuries, and recovered judgment for five thousand dollars.

His complaint was in four paragraphs, the first of which was, in substance, as follows:

The appellee was employed to do general work in and about the appellant’s coke yards, and to haulaway ashes and other refuse, haul slack and clean the yards, from July 30, 1888, to and including February 19, 1889; that he was inexperienced in working with machinery, as the defendant well knew; that on said last named day, one Gus Lawrence was defendant’s agent to employ and discharge…