Richmond & Danville Railroad v. Hammond
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for Damages by Administrator of Person Killed by Railroad Accident. Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Fayette. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott.
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Action for Damages by Administrator of Person Killed by Railroad Accident. Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Fayette. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This action was brought by John W. Hammond, as the administrator of the estate of Zuela Shelton, to recover damages for the personal injuries which caused the death of his intestate, on the 25th May, 1889, while in the service of the defendant . corporation; and was commenced on the 20th January, 1890. The complaint contained seven counts, alleging in different form negligence on the part of the defendant and its servants. The only plea was…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— Zuela Shelton, plaintiff’s intestate, while in the service of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, being one of a gang of laborers employed in repairing bridges and trestles, was injured under the following circumstances, as to which there is no dispute: On May 25, 1889, he and other laborers were engaged in repairing a trestle on defendant’s road. By direction of Hackett, who was the foreman, having charge of the workmen and superintendence of the work, the laborers quit work about six o’clock in the afternoon, put their tools on a hand-car, then being used, and started to go to their…
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