Stony Fork Coal Co. v. Lingar

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellee, while working in the mine of the appellant, received injuries caused, as he alleged, by its failure to furnish him a reasonably safe place in which to work. In this action to recover damages for the injuries the jury fixed his compensation at $2,500. The appellant insists that the judgment entered on this verdict should be set aside upon either of several grounds pointed out by its counsel.

The facts surrounding the accident that resulted in the injury are substantially these: The appellant had! a single track in its mine for a…