Meadows v. Du Bose Iron Co.

ANDERSON, O. J.

It is a well-settled legal principle that a parent has a right of action for injuries sustained by a minor while employed by another at a dangerous or hazardous work or business without the consent of the parent. And this right is not defeated because of the contributory negligence of the minor. Marbury Lumber Co. v. Westbrook, 121 Ala. 179, 25 So. 914; Dimmick Pipe Works v. Wood, 139 Ala. 285, 35 So. 885; Williams v. S. & N. R. Co., 91 Ala. 635, 9 So. 77. The decisions and text-books in this connection use the words “hazardous” and “dangerous” interchangeably, and mean a work…