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PLYMOUTH COAL CO. v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 102.

232 U.S. 531 (1914)

PLYMOUTH COAL COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William C. Price and Mr. John G. Johnson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John C. Bell, Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, with whom Mr. B.R. Jones, Mr. Morris Wolf and Mr. William M. Hargest were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The statute in question is entitled "An Act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith." It applies to every anthracite coal mine in the Commonwealth employing more than ten persons; divides...

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