Webb v. J. G. White Engineering Corporation
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Colbert County ; C. P. Almon, Judge. . Action by Verdo Toy Webb against the J. G. White Engineering Corporation and another for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for the defendants, "and plaintiff appeals. The defendant was not a servant of the government. 96 U. S. 421, 24 D. Ed. 847; 39 Stat. at Large, 747; (D. C.) 256 Fed. 552; 141 ü. S. 543, 12 Sup.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Colbert County ; C. P. Almon, Judge. . Action by Verdo Toy Webb against the J. G. White Engineering Corporation and another for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for the defendants, "and plaintiff appeals. The defendant was not a servant of the government. 96 U. S. 421, 24 D. Ed. 847; 39 Stat. at Large, 747; (D. C.) 256 Fed. 552; 141 ü. S. 543, 12 Sup. Ct. 81, 35 L. Ed. 851; 162 N. Y. 638, 57 N. E. 1116; 91 Kan. 450, 138 Pac. 632, 50 L. R. A. (N. S.) 574; 220 N. Y. 184, 115 N. E. 470; 125 Tenn. 98, 140 5. W. 747, 39 L. R. A. (N. S.) 586; 246 U. S. 28, 38 Sup.…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit was for personal injury sustained on a government reservation. Defendants filed pleas 1 to 5, inclusive; demurrers as to pleas 1 and 5 were overruled, and plaintiff took a nonsuit by reason of this adverse ruling of the court. Paterson & Edey Lumber Co. v. Bank of Mobile, 84 South. 721. The sufficiency of said pleas, - against the grounds of demurrer assigned, is challenged by the appeal.
Plaintiff averred that he was employed to work by the J. G. White Engineering Corporation (defendant); that by virtue of his contract and as a part of his compensation said employer engaged to…
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