Miami Coal Co. v. Gardner
Indiana Court of Appeals
Action, by John Gardner against the Miami Coal Company to recover for personal injuries. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHottel, J.
This was a suit by appellee for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of appellant in its coal mine.
The action was founded on the alleged violation by appellant of common-law duties which it owed to appellee as one of its employes.
It appears from the complaint that appellee was in the *631employ of appellant, engaged in the regular duty of digging and mining coal in said mine, but at the particular time of receiving his alleged injuries he was, at the request of appellant’s bank boss, engaged in driving a mule hitched to two coal-cars, hauling coal along one…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Consolidated Stone Co. v. SummitIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
- Diamond Block Coal Co. v. CuthbertsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
- Brazil Block Coal Co. v. GibsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
- Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. v. BurkeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1906
- Standard Oil Co. v. FordeckIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Domestic Block Coal Co. v. HoldenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913