Southern Railway Co. v. Moore
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. W. W. Wilkeuson. The appellee, Isaac F. Moore, brought the present action against, the Southern Bailway Company, claiming $20,000 damages and personal injuries, sustained by the plaintiff while in the employment of the defendant.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. W. W. Wilkeuson. The appellee, Isaac F. Moore, brought the present action against, the Southern Bailway Company, claiming $20,000 damages and personal injuries, sustained by the plaintiff while in the employment of the defendant. The facts of the case pertaining to the accident, and as shown by the evidence, are as follows: Plaintiff was a bridge carpenter in the employment of defendant corporation and was engaged at the time of the. injury complained of in building a trestle on the line of the defendant’s road near Cordova,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
Action under section 1749 of the Code — Employer’s Liability Act — by Moore against Southern Railway Co.j sounding in damages for personal injuries.
By demurrer to certain counts of the complaint, by exceptions to certain portions of the oral charge and to the refusal of the court to give certain instructions requested by it, the defendant reserved in the trial' court and now presents here the question whether an employer is liable in damages under the statute for the wanton, willful or intentional misconduct of an emplové inflicting personal injury upon another employe This question is not…
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