Hazard Coal Co. v. Wallace

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

In January, 1916, a landslide occurred in appellant’s mine, causing a large quantity of dirt, mud and rock: to fall over its drift mouth or entrance. The appellee, Wallace, was,a miner, and he and several other miners had been taken from their work of mining and put to the work of removing this debris. There were two tracks leading through the mine and to the landslide, one known as the “loaded” track, and the other as the “empty” track. The “loaded” track was about four feet higher than the “empty” track. The two tracks were about' three or four…