Central Iron & Coal Co. v. Hamacher
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama; Wm. I. Grubb, Judge. Action by Mrs. Sarah J. Hamacher, administratrix, against the Central Iron & Coal Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge'.
Suit under the terms of the Alabama Employers’ Eiability Act was instituted by Mrs. Sarah J. Hamacher, as *52administratrix of the estate of W. F. Hamacher, against the Central Iron & Coal Company, for the death of W. F. Hamacher. The petition was in six counts, all but one of which, count 4, were eliminated by the rulings of the trial court. The count upon which the trial was had was to the effect that the defendant was engaged in operating a coal mine, and plaintiff’s intestate was in the service of defendant; that in the discharge of his duties he was in a bin or washer,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Cobb v. OwenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
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