Alverson v. Little Cahaba Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Bibb County; B. M. Miller, Judge. Action by J. C. Alverson, administrator of Teddy Alverson, deceased, against the Little Callaba Coal Company for damages for the death of Teddy Alverson. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The caption of the complaint is “J. C. Alverson, Administrator of Teddy Alverson, Deceased.”
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Bibb County; B. M. Miller, Judge. Action by J. C. Alverson, administrator of Teddy Alverson, deceased, against the Little Callaba Coal Company for damages for the death of Teddy Alverson. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The caption of the complaint is “J. C. Alverson, Administrator of Teddy Alverson, Deceased.” Each of the counts from 1 to 5, inclusive, contain the allegation, after stating that the defendant was controlling and operating a coal mine in Piper, Bibb county, on a certain date, that plaintiff .was in the service or employment of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
This was an action for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate, an employé of the defendant, resulting from burns received from the explosion of gas in the defendant’s coal mine. The complaint first and last, contained 30 counts, demurrer was sustained to 15, leaving 15, and why it should require this number of counts to show one death or injury and the damnifying cause of same is beyond the understanding of this writer, or why the courts must be shackled and burdened by a system that requires a review of 15 counts to which demurrer was sustained when 15 were left in the complaint is a…
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