Darby Coal Mining Co. v. Shoop
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCabdwell, J.
Plaintiff in error is a corporation engaged in the mining of coal in Lee county, Virginia, and while so engaged it had in its employment, as a hostler, or helper, on coal mining machines, defendant in error, W. H. Shoop, whose duty it was, among others, to help take coal mining machines into the working rooms of the mine, help unload same from the trucks thereunder, help undercut the coal with the machine, remove and throw back the coal dust, and help reload the machine on to the trucks, and to place the tools thereupon and remove same from the working room. While so engaged in reloading one…
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