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WILMINGTON MINING CO. v. FULTON

No. 139.

205 U.S. 60 (1907)

27 S.Ct. 412

51 L.Ed. 708

WILMINGTON STAR MINING COMPANY v. FULTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William P. Sidley, with whom Mr. Arthur D. Wheeler and Mr. Charles S. Holt were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Arthur J. Eddy, with whom Mr. P.C. Haley and Mr. E.C. Wetten were on the brief, for defendant in error, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

On January 27, 1901, Samuel Fulton, while working as a trackman and mine laborer in a mine operated by the Wilmington Star Mining Company in Grundy County, Illinois, was killed by an explosion of mine gas. Minnie Fulton, the widow, on behalf of herself and children, brought this action against the mining company in a court of the State of Illinois to recover damages for...

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