Cabson v. Miami Coal Co.

This was an action by appellant seeking damages for injuries which he alleged he had sustained by the fall of coal, slate and stone in appellee’s coal mine, in. which he was employed to do labor, such as removing coal, slate, stone and other debris that was loose or had fallen in the working places in the mine. After certain averments had been struck out of the complaint, to which rulings appellant excepted, defendant filed an answer of denial and a plea that plaintiff’s demand had been settled by a compromise, to which appellant replied by a denial. The issues thus joined were then submitted…