Lawson v. Mobile Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County ; Claud A. Grayson, Judge. Action by A. T. Lawson, as administrator of the estate of J. R. Lawson, against the Mobile Electric Company for damages for the death of his intestate. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The affirmative charge was not proper in this case. 151 Ala. 313, 44 South. 47; 166 Ala. 482, 52 South. 86; 175 Ala. 176, 57 South. 724, Ann.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County ; Claud A. Grayson, Judge. Action by A. T. Lawson, as administrator of the estate of J. R. Lawson, against the Mobile Electric Company for damages for the death of his intestate. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The affirmative charge was not proper in this case. 151 Ala. 313, 44 South. 47; 166 Ala. 482, 52 South. 86; 175 Ala. 176, 57 South. 724, Ann. Cas. 1914C, 1119; 194 Ala. 175. 69 South. 601: 194 Ala. 338, 70 South. 7; 195 Ala. 152, 69 South. 964. Under the facts in this case, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies. 190 Ala. 82.…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Plaintiff’s (appellant’s) intestate and one Allio, a fellow servant, were working for the Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company in the hold of a steel vessel at 6 o’clock (normal time) in the afternoon of a day in August. Their business was to repair a broken rib in the vessel, a mine sweeper, which ithein employer building for the government of the United States. There was water hi the hold, and intestate stood upon a plank that had been placed for the purpose. The plank was wet. In response to a request from intestate, Allio handed to him an electric lamp, which, in order that it might be…
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