Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. B. Smith. Action by W. T. Taylor against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. B. Smith. Action by W. T. Taylor against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The ninth count, after setting out the business of defendant and the relationship between plaintiff and defendant, alleges that plaintiff was in the service or employment of defendant as an engine repairer, and while engaged in the discharge of his duties as such employee the plaintiff received the wounds and injuries heretofore alleged; and plaintiff avers that his said wounds and injuries were the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClellan, J.
Action by servant against the master for injuries received while engaged in the master’s service. The case went to the jury under the issues made by count 1 and amended count 9. There is no insistence upon error in overruling the demurrer to count 1. There is argument for error in overruling the demurrer to amended count 9. The legal sufficiency of the count is affirmed by A. G. S. Ry. Co. v. Choate, 184 Ala. 636, 64 *39South. 78; L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Jones, 130 Ala. 456, 30 South. 586; Reiter Mfg. Co. v. Hamlin, 144 Ala. 192, 40 South. 280.(1) Count 1 was drawn to state a cause of action under…
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