Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Bibb
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by Allen Bibb against the Sloss-Sheffield . Steel & Iron Company for injuries received while working in defendant’s mine as a servant of an independent contractor. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. —The court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to the 1st count of the complaint. — Lookout Mt.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by Allen Bibb against the Sloss-Sheffield . Steel & Iron Company for injuries received while working in defendant’s mine as a servant of an independent contractor. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. —The court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to the 1st count of the complaint. — Lookout Mt. I. Go. v. Lea, 144 Ala. 169; Laughran v. Brewer, 113 Ala. 509; Uabatt on M. & S., secs. 177-8; L. & N. v. Webb. 97 Ala. 303; Perdue v. L. & N., 100 Ala. 535; L. & N. v. Wood, 105 Ala. 561; Carter v. Chambers, 79…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this action to recover of the defendant damages consequent upon personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of the defendant. There was only one count in the complaint when it was filed, but five others were subsequently added by amendment. The cause urns tried, however, upon counts 1, 5, and 6; counts 2, 3, and 4 being Avithdrawn by the plaintiff.
The plaintiff’s case may be understood from the first count, so Ave transcribe it: “The plaintiff claims of the defendant, the Sloss-Sheffield Steel &' Iron Company, a corporation, the sum…
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