Corona Coal Co. v. Davis

This case is appealed from a judgment rendered by the court on a verdict of the jury in favor of John S. Davis and against the Corona Coal Company. The plaintiff, appellee, John S. Davis, claimed damages of the defendant for injuries in two counts, which were submitted to the jury. They were counts 1 and 5. Count 1 claimed damages for an injury averred to have been caused “by reason of a defect in the condition in the ways, woi-ks, machinery, or plant connected with or used in the business of the defendant”; and count 5 placed his cause of action upon alleged negligence of a superintendent of…