49-205.
History: L. 1883, ch. 117, § 6; R. S. 1923, 49-205; L. 1933, ch. 212, § 2; Repealed, L. 1977, ch. 190, § 3; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Employee assumes risks inherent in the business. Coal Co. v. Britton, 3 Kan. App. 292, 310, 311, 45 P. 100.
2. Overseer must see that rock overhead is carefully secured. Barrett v. Dessy, 78 Kan. 642, 647, 97 P. 786; Little v. Norton, 83 Kan. 232, 109 P. 768; Ozorkiewicz v. Carr, 83 Kan. 473, 112 P. 135.
3. Obligation to drill boreholes not discharged by order to drill; judicial notice that abandoned mines generate gas. Cheek v. Railway Co., 89 Kan. 247, 253, 262, 266, 131 P. 617.
4. Liability of company not shifted by negligence of untrustworthy employee. LeRoy v. Railway Co., 91 Kan. 548, 138 P. 646.
5. This section in effect debars the defense of contributory negligence; jurisdiction as between state and federal courts. Baisdrenghien v. Railway Co., 91 Kan. 730 733, 139 P. 428.
6. Company is bound to furnish props of serviceable dimensions. Ricci v. Mining Co., 92 Kan. 349, 352, 140 P. 884.
7. Failure to keep props in easy access to miner, negligence. Henry v. Railway Co., 97 Kan. 682, 684, 155 P. 578.
8. Want of manholes in entry not proximate cause of injury; when narrow entry containing cars constitutes negligence. Oplotnik v. Mining Co., 98 Kan. 356, 358, 359, 158 P. 21.
9. Action maintainable hereunder by father for loss of minor's services. Henry v. Railway Co., 98 Kan. 567, 158 P. 857.
10. What constitutes "miner's working place" and "traveling way" determined. Ricardo v. Coal & Coke Co., 100 Kan. 95, 98, 99, 163 P. 641.