Mineral Fuel Co. v. Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WlLLIAM' ROGERS C-LAY, Commissioner.

Reversing.

In this action for damages for personal injuries, plaintiff, J. H. Johnson, recovered of the defendant, Mineral Fuel Company, a verdict and judgment for $750.00. Defendant appeals.

The facts are as follows: Plaintiff, who was thirty-six years of age, had been accustomed to hard labor for a number of years. During that time he worked on a farm, dug coal and engaged in logging. At the time of the accident he had been in defendant’s employ for about four weeks. Defendant was then engaged in doing grade work for a motor road and…