Guthrie v. Empire Coal Co.

This was a suit brought by appellee to recover damages for injuries sustained November 9, 1906, as the result of being struck by a train of pit cars in appellant’s mine where he was employed. The cause was before this court and the judgment reversed and the opinion filed August 10, 1908. 142 Ill. App. 332. At the former trial, the case was submitted to the jury upon a declaration containing two amended counts. The first charged a wilful failure to carry a conspicuous light on the front end of every trip or train of pit cars moved by machinery as required by section 21 (a) of the Mines and…