Beard v. Skeldon

This was an action by Janet Skeldon, a widow, against appellants, proprietors of a coal mine at Godfrey, in Grundy county. The action was brought under section 14, chapter 93, of the statute entitled “Miners,” by the widow, to recover for the death of her husband, who was killed at the bottom of appellants’ coal shaft, in consequence of the cage descending upon him, while in the discharge of certain duties which he was ordered to do by appellants’ foreman in charge of the mine. The cause has been tried three times, before a jury, in the circuit court, and in each trial the plaintiff…