Riddle v. Bessemer Soil Pipe Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by Will Riddle against the Bessemer Soil Pipe Company for damages for injuries received while in their employment. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The court erred in overruling demurrers to special plea No. 4.— L. & N. v. Wynn, 51 So. 97T; Ala. S. & W. Go. v. Valiant, 51 So. 835; 86 Ala. 449; 1 LeB. 863. The court erred in overruling demurrers to the 5th and 6th pleas.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by Will Riddle against the Bessemer Soil Pipe Company for damages for injuries received while in their employment. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The court erred in overruling demurrers to special plea No. 4.— L. & N. v. Wynn, 51 So. 97T; Ala. S. & W. Go. v. Valiant, 51 So. 835; 86 Ala. 449; 1 LeB. 863. The court erred in overruling demurrers to the 5th and 6th pleas. Osborn v. Ala. 8. ■& W. Go., 135 Ala. 575. The court erred in overruling demurrers to the 9th special plea. —Woodward I. Go. v. Andrew's,…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J.-
Action for personal injuries, by the servant (appellant) against the master, suffered, it is alleged, while in the performance, of his duty. There were five counts in the complaint. The plaintiff was a common laborer at defendant’s plant. He was directed by Saunders, his superior, to dress or. grease a then running belt. To do this a substance, molded in the form of a stick about six inches long, was usually held against the running belt, and the friction created would wear down the stick and besmear the belt, and thereby avoid its slipping on the pulleys. In conforming to the…
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