Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Drane
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit by Polk Drane, the defendant in error, to recover damages for the death of his minor son, Carleton Drane, who was alleged to have been employed by the defendant without the plaintiff’s knowledge or consent. Each count of the complaint alleges that the minor was employed without the knowledge and consent of the father, and put to work in a dangerous place. There was a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff in error assigns as errors the action of the trial court in overruling demurrers to the complaint, in sustaining demurrers to pleas…
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