Seaboard Manuf'g Co. v. Woodson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from ihe Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Wm. E. Clarke. This action was brought by Abe Woodson against the ap^ pellant corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in defendant’s employment, which necessitated the amputation of one of his arms.
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Appeal from ihe Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Wm. E. Clarke. This action was brought by Abe Woodson against the ap^ pellant corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in defendant’s employment, which necessitated the amputation of one of his arms. The accident occurred on the 12th June, 1890, and the action was commenced o« the 5th November, 1890. The plaintiff was a fireman in the defendant’s service, and, at the time of the accident, was under an engine attached to a train of cars, oiling and cleaning it. William Lewis was the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
— 1. The first count of the complaint alleges that the injury to the plaintiff was caused by reason of defects in the condition of the locomotive engine, upon which he was serving as fireman; and the defect mentioned was that the throttle-valve leaked and allowed the' steam to pass' through into the cylinders of the engine, and caused the engine to move off without warning to the plaintiff, while he was under the same, oiling and wiping it off.- The-original first count alleged, “that said defects were known to the superior ■ officers of plaintiff, and known to the defendant.” The manifest…
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