Mama Coal Co. v. Colo

This is an appeal from a judgment obtained by Eugene Colo against the Mama Coal Company for damages sustained as the result of a large rock falling upon him while at work in one of the rooms of the defendant’s coal mine in the Greenwood District of Sebastian County, Ark.

It was alleged in the complaint that the injury was caused by a failure of the defendant to comply with the provisions of § 7271 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, requiring the operator of any mine to furnish props to the miners when required, and to deliver the same at the place where the cars are delivered.

It is first earnestly…