Maughlelle v. Price

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff sued J. H. Price & Sons and J. R. Burnett under the workmen’s compensation act by reason of an accident in a coal mine where the plaintiff was working. Afterwards the J. R. Burnett Coal & Mining Company was *413substituted for J. R. Burnett, defendant, and from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff against both defendants the Burnett company appeals. The plaintiff alleged, among other things, that on or about the 31st day of January, 1912, the J. R. Burnett Coal & Mining Company, as lessor and principal, entered into a contract with…