Princeton Coal Co. v. Dowdle

Appellee sued appellant and one Frank Buchanan for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted by an assault and battery, and recovered a verdict against both of them for $6,500 on which the judgment appealed from was based. Overruling appellant’s demurrer to the complaint and its motion for a new trial are assigned as errors.

The complaint alleged that defendant company (appellant) owned and operated a coal mine, in which it employed as mine superintendent its codefendant, Buchanan, and gave to him the sole and exclusive charge and control of its said mine, with the right,…