L. & N. R. R. v. Morris
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Jno. C. Pugh. Action by A. C. Morris as administrator of the estate of Henry Readus, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for the death of said Readus while in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Jno. C. Pugh. Action by A. C. Morris as administrator of the estate of Henry Readus, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for the death of said Readus while in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The eighth count of the complaint was subject to the demurrer interposed.- — T. C. I. cG R. R. Co. v. Smith, 55 South. 170. The amendment to the eighth count does not help it any. — R. & D. R. R. Go. v. Hammond, 93 Ala. 182; A. G. S. R. R. Go. v. McWhorter, 156 Ala. 276; 145 TJ. S.…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
Henry Readus, while in the employ of the defendant (appellant here), and while at work on one of defendant’s tracks in its yards at Boyles, in Jefferson county, was struck by a locomotive and killed. There were two tracks close to and parallel with each other. Readus, who was a section hand, but who for some time had been detached from-his crew, was at work on one of these tracks. A locomotive came in his direction on the track on which he was at work, and to avoid this locomotive he stepped from that track onto the other track, and began to work on this latter track. He was…
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Marbury Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. OrrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. TrammellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- L. & N. R. R. v. CalvertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- James v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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