Woodward Iron Co. v. Curl
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by Clinton Curl, pro ami, against the Woodward Iron Company. From a jdugment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The original complaint contained 11 counts to which was added by way of amendment counts 12 to 18, inclusive.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by Clinton Curl, pro ami, against the Woodward Iron Company. From a jdugment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The original complaint contained 11 counts to which was added by way of amendment counts 12 to 18, inclusive. Demurrers were sustained to counts 1, 5, 11, 12 and 14. Count 2 is as follows; “The plaintiff, Clinton Curl, who is a minor under the age of 21 years, and who sues by his next friend, I. S. Curl, claims of the defendant, the Woodward Iron Company, a corporation, the sum of $10,000 damages, for that on,…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
— This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff while an employe of the defendant as a blacksmith at defendant’s mines. The complaint originally contained 11 counts, and 7 were added by amendments. Demurrers were sus*223tainecl to the first, fifth, eleventh, twelfth, and fourteenth counts; and, as the appeal is taken by the defendant, these counts are not here for review. The grounds in the assignment of errors are numerous, and we find that it is necessary, under well-settled principles of law, to sustain a number of them, and a reversal of the cause will…
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