Laser v. State, Ex Rel. McKinley, Comm. of Labor

The appellant was, and had been for a number of years, the owner of a coal mining plant consisting of tipple, • motors and machinery ordinarily and customarily used in mining coal in what is known as the Spadra field, Johnson county, Arkansas. The mine is approximately two miles south of Clarksville, and has been known as the Sterling Coal Company. The appellant Laser, however, was the owner of same.

On July 1, 1937, Laser, by written lease, leased to J. E. Harding, Dick McAnally, Clint Huff, Walter Green, A. A. Deavers, and Y. T. Collier for a period of three years, the entire mining plant…