Alabama Steel & Wire Co. v. Wrenn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before tbe Hon. W. W. Wilkerson. Tliis action was brought by the appellee, William Wrenn, against the Alabama Steel & Wire Company, to recover damages for 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 tbe Hon. W. W. Wilkerson. Tliis action was brought by the appellee, William Wrenn, against the Alabama Steel & Wire Company, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employment of the defendant. The complaint contained several counts, but as stated in the opinion the cause ivas tried on count F. This count was in words and figures as follows: “F. Plaintiff claims of the defendant a private corporation the further sum of ten thousand dollars damages for that whereas on the 9th da}1 of April, 1900,…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The case was tried, as admitted on both sides, on count F of the complaint, the others having been withdrawn, the general charge given for defendant on them, or demurrers sustained to them.
The pleas were not guilty and negligence of the plaintiff, which contributed proximately to his injury. Demurrers to pleas 6, 9, 12,14 and 15, were sustained, and to the others overruled. It is admitted by defendant, that the court did not err in sustaining the demurrer to the 6th. After demurrers sustained to the 9th, 12th, *49014th and 15th, by leave of the court, defendant amended each, after which demurrers…
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