Legal Opinion

Overton v. Belcher

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 21, 1936No. 6 Div. 873PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

The finding of facts by the trial court, incorporated in the judgment as the statute requires, is clearly to the effect that the relation between the workman and the defendant was that of master and servant; that the workman received the injury •causing his death while on the master’s premises, and while leaving the place of his employment at the end of his day’s services, on one of defendant’s trucks on which “all employees were permitted to ride to and from work.”

The special facts incident to the workman’s injury were that the truck on which the deceased workman started on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  2. Barnett v. Britling Cafeteria Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Jett v. TurnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. Benoit Coal Mining Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  5. Exchange Distributing Co. v. OslinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. Co. v. Muscoda Local No. 123, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
  2. Massey v. United States Steel CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  3. Gilmore v. Rust Engineering CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  4. Ammons v. McClendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. Hayes v. Alabama By-Products CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942

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