Roberts v. Pell City Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. James E. Blackwood. Action by Herman Roberts, pro ami, against the Pell City Manufacturing Company, for damages for injury suffered while in its employment. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Herman Roberts was engaged in the appellee’s service when the personal injury described in the complaint overtook him. He was then 19 years of age. The roof of a building used by appellee in its business was being repaired. This roof was made by the spreading of hot tar on some character of more permanent surface. Roberts’ duty was to carry by hand buckets (two) of hot tar from one edge of the roof, across the roof, to the place where a defect in the roof was being repaired. He had repeatedly safely rendered this service during that day, before injured. While carrying two buckets to the…
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