Roberts v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Errbr to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama; 'William I. Grubb, Judge. Action at law by James B. Roberts, administrator of the estate of Angus McNeil, deceased, against the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action, under the Alabama Employers’ Riability Statute (Code 1907, § 39101), by the plaintiff in error, as the administrator of Angus McNeil, deceased, to recover damages for the latter’s death, which was attributed to the alleged negligent failure of his employer, the defendant in error, to provide a reasonably safe place for the performance by the deceased of his duties as an employe engaged in operating a machine for cutting or excavating coal in a mine of the defendant in error, in that the latter negligently suffered its- plant to be defective. The…
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- Dorough v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Sloss Iron & Steele Co. v. KnowlesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Alteriac v. West Pratt Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Wood v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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