Buchanan v. Blackhawk Coal Works

This case, with three others, each presenting a like question, were tried together in the court below, and, an appeal having been taken in each case, the same are submitted together in this court, and may be disposed of in one opinion. The Blackhawk Coal Works is defendant in each of the cases, and the plaintiffs in the three additional cases are Charles Williams, William Ford, and John Partington, respectively. What is said in this opinion, therefore, may be taken as having full application to each of the cases.

In the petition it is alleged, in substance, that the defendant is engaged in…