Legal Opinion

Cole v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 12, 1914PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. Gwin. Action by Joe Cole, as administrator, against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company for damages for the death of Ms intestate. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. Gwin. Action by Joe Cole, as administrator, against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company for damages for the death of Ms intestate. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Count 5 is as follows: “Plaintiff, suing as the administrator of Willie Cole, deceased, who was a minor under the age of 14 years, claims of defendant the sum of $1,999 as damages for that, heretofore on, to wit, the 17th day of June, 1911, while plaintiff’s intestate was in the service or employment of defendant at its ore mines near Bessemer, Jefferson…

1Opinion of the Court

McCLELLAN, J. —

Count 5 of the amended complaint was, under the authority of De Soto Coal Co. v. Hill, 179 Ala. 186, 60 South. 583, not subject to demur*195rer, provided the provisions of Code 1907, § 1035, apply to ore mines — to mines other than coal mines. The report of the appeal will contain the count.

Code 1907, § 1035, is as follows: “1035 (2933). Women and boys under fourteen not to work in mines. —No Avoman, or boy under the age of fourteen years, shall be employed to work or labor in or about any mine-in this state.”

With the exceptions that or, before boy, was substituted for nor and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Landford v. DunklinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  2. Pratt Coal & Iron Co. v. BrawleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  3. County of Dallas v. TimberlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  4. DeSoto Coal M. & Dev. Co. v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  5. Lindsay v. United States Savings & Loan Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. American Indemnity Co. v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1922
  2. J. Ray Arnold Lumber Corp. v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  3. Joseph P. Ruth, Sometimes Also Known as J. P. Ruth v. The Eagle-Picher Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
  4. Daly v. Swift & Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Childs v. GrossCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940

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