Bagwell v. Woodward Iron Co.

KNIGHT, Justice.

The appellant, as administrator of the estate of Johnny Levi Bagwell, deceased, filed his petition in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County against the Woodward Iron Company, seeking a declaratory judgment “as to the law, rights and liabilities arising out of” the facts stated in his petition.

It appears from the petition that appellant’s intestate, a minor, was employed by the appellee as coal miner at Mulga, Alabama, at the time he received his fatal injuries. It is averrgd that the intestate was “wantonly killed” in an explosion of gas and coal dust which had been allowed by…