Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Reid
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. G-win. Action by J. M. Reid against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, for damages for injury while engaged in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. G-win. Action by J. M. Reid against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, for damages for injury while engaged in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was employed by defendant in the operation of an engine for hoisting ores from its mine; that said engine had become defective; and that, while plaintiff was in the discharge of his duties in and about the operation of said engine, said engine suddenly started up by steam escaping from the boilers into the cylinders,…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J.(1) The evidence in this case establishes conclusively and without conflict the following facts: (1) The plaintiff was thoroughly experienced in handling stationary engines; (2) he was thoroughly well acquainted with this particular engine; (3) he thoroughly knew its condition, and that its throttle *632valve had leaked steam into its cylinders for years, and that this defect was all the time getting worse; (4) he knew from constant observation and practical experience that the engine was liable to start at any moment, even with the throttle valve closed and the cylinder cocks wide…
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