Galliaer v. Southern Harlan Coal Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant was a coal miner in the service of appellee, and was injured by a block of slate falling upon him in the mine. He brought this suit to recover for his injury, and on the trial of the case he recovered a verdict for $6,000. The coal company appealed to this court, urging a number of grounds for reversal. The judgment was reversed for an omission in one of the instructions and misconduct of the plaintiff’s attorney in arguing the case to the jury. All other questions were reserved. The facts of the ease are stated in that opinion.…