BLACK STAR COAL CO. v. STEELE

No. 7521.

99 F.2d 601 (1938)

BLACK STAR COAL CO. v. STEELE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

November 10, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Snyder, of Harlan, Ky. (Cleon K. Calvert, of Pineville, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

W. R. Lay and James S. Golden, both of Pineville, Ky. (Golden & Lay, of Pineville, Ky., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and ALLEN, Circuit Judges.


SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant complains of a judgment in damages for injuries suffered by one of its employees, who was also a tenant upon its property, while crossing a stile built and maintained by the appellant for the purpose of permitting ingress and egress to a fenced portion of its land. The substantial error assigned is the failure of the court to direct the jury, which found for the plaintiff, to render a verdict in its favor.

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