Haynesworth v. Hall Construction Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The petition alleged that the plaintiff’s injury occurred in the State of Florida when he was not quite sixteen years of age; that the defendant was negligent in employing the plaintiff in violation of section 4030 of the Revised General Statutes of Florida, 1920, reading as follows: “Nor shall any child under sixteen years of age be employed at any occupation dangerous or injurious to health or morals or to lives or limbs, and as to those matters, the decision of the county physician or city health officer, as the case may be, shall be final;” and that the…