Allen v. Robert Gage Coal Co.

Defendant is a corporation engaged in mining aiid marketing coal. Its mines are at St. Charles and Bay City, and its principal office is at Bay *348City. Plaintiff’s husband, Harvey Allen, was a coal miner of 20 years’ experience, but immediately prior to the day ini question he had worked 5 years in factories. On his first day in a mine of 'defendant at St. Charles he was employed as a driver’s helper, Steele being the driver. From a room in which the coal was mined through an entry to the base of the shaft the coal was carried on a 36-inch track in two small cars drawn by a mule. In the track…