Woodward Iron Co. v. Curl
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before 1-Ion. William Jackson. Action by I. S. Curl against tlie Woodward Iron Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before 1-Ion. William Jackson. Action by I. S. Curl against tlie Woodward Iron Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The following charges were given by tbe court at the request of the plaintiff; “I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that three things are necessary to entitle plaintiff to a recovery: (1) That Clinton Curl was a minor; (2) that the company did not have the father’s consent to such employment; (3) That the said minor was injured as a proximate consequence of the employment.” Charge 4: “I charge you, gentlemen of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— This was an action by the appellee against the appellant for damages on account of injuries received by Clinton Curl, the 19 year old son of the plaintiff, while in the employment of the defendant. The first assignment of error relates to the action of the court in overruling the demurrer to the first count of the *208complaint; the grounds of demurrer insisted upon being (1) that the count failed to aver that the plaintiff’s son was a member of his family and dependent upon him, and (2) that it fails to show that the employment was a hazardous one. This count does not allege any act of…
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