Woodward Iron Co. v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Bessemer; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Suit by H. A. Hubbard against the Woodward Iron Company for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Per curiam
A full statement of the facts necessary to an understanding of the question here treated is found in the dissenting opinion of Justice GARDNER, and such statement of facts is here adopted by reference thereto, without being here repeated.
The majority are of the opinion that the track upon which the “coke pusher machine” in question was operated is not a “railway,” nor “any part of the track of a railway,” within the meaning of subdivision 5 of the Employers’ Liability Act (Code 1907, § 3910 [5]). The question was discussed at some length, and many decisions and text-books were reviewed and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. MolbleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Woodward Iron Co. v. CurlSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HowingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Woodward Iron Co. v. CurlSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Woodward Iron Co. v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Holt v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
- Woodward Iron Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922