Grabner v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.

Appellant instituted this suit against appellee to recover damages for personal injuries which he received in the coal mines of appellee in Thurber, Tex. The cause was tried to a jury, and, at the conclusion of the testimony, the trial court instructed a verdict for appellee; hence this appeal.

Appellant was a miner, belonged to the Miners’ Union, and was engaged in mining coal for appellee under a general contract entered into between .the Miners’ Union and the appellee, coal company. Under said contract, each miner was allotted a certain section of the coal mine in which he might work, and…