Northern Alabama Railway Co. v. Key
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. Ed. B. Almon. Action by John W. Key, administrator, against the Northern Alabama Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff,.and defendant appeals. This was an action for damages for death of an employe. - The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. Ed. B. Almon. Action by John W. Key, administrator, against the Northern Alabama Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff,.and defendant appeals. This was an action for damages for death of an employe. - The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. In his oral charge to the jury, the court said: “In assessing damages in a case like this, it devolves on the jury, upon consideration of all the circumstances bearing upon the subject, as disclosed by the evidence, to ascertain what the duration of the parly’s natural lifewoulcl have been.…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This was an action for damages for the death of plaintiff’s (appellee’s) intestate, AAdio was an employe of the defendant (appellant). Said intestate Avas employed as a herder, and a locomotive of defendant’s Avas in charge of one Hanlan, AAdio xxms a hostler, and Avhose duties, according to the evidence, were to take charge of the engine Avhen it comes in off the road, to take it to the shop, or bring it back; and it Avas also his duty, before backing his engine, to bloAV the whistle or ring the bell. The evidence shoivs that, at the time the accident occurred, the engine was backing, and…
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