Adams v. Corona Coal & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Action by Ernest Adams against the Corona Coal & Iron Company for damages for injuries suffered while in its employment. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Action by Ernest Adams against the Corona Coal & Iron Company for damages for injuries suffered while in its employment. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The court erred in sustaining demurrer to count 13. — Tutwiler G. & G. Go. v. Farington, 144 Ala. 165. Pleas 5, 6, 7, and 9 were fatally defective. — Osborn v. Ala. 8. & W. Go., 135 Ala. 573; M. & B. B. B. Go. v. Harbin, 84 Ala. 183; H. A. & B. R. R. Oo. v. Walker, 91 Ala. 435. Pleas 3, 8 iand 10 were fatally defective. — Lockhart v. Sloss-Sheffield, 51 South. 627; Jones v. Pioneer M. & M. Co.,…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
— The plaintiff, while at work as a shift leader in a hallway of a coal mine of the defendant coal and iron company, sustained a dangerous and painful injury to his person. The plaintiff, acting upon the theory that his injuries were due to the actionble negligence of the defendant, or of an agent or servant of the defendant having superintendence intrusted to him, brought this suit to recover the damages which he sustained by reason of such personal injuries so received by him.
1. The plaintiff, at the time he received his injuries, was clearing a hallway of loose rock. This…
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