Szotak v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment entered upon a verdict,, and from an order denying a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtHascall, J.
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by negligence' in permitting to exist an unsafe and dangerous exit from a coal mine, owned and operated by defendant in Dunlo, Pennsylvania. In this mine plaintiff labored, and was in daily use of the passage ip. question.
Entrance to the mine was by means of a cage, operated in a shaft leading into a slope, or haulage way. This slope was principally used for the purpose of transporting coal, out of the mine, by means of railroad cars upon a single track, hauled and controlled by a cable, operated by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffiths v. . HardenberghNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Di Vito v. . CrageNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Maltbie v. . BeldenNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Stevens v. TraskNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1892
- Voshefskey v. Hillside Coal & Iron Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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