Legal Opinion

Terry Dairy Co. v. Nalley

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 13, 1920PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division ; Guy Fulh, Judge; STATEMENT OP PACTS. Charles Nalley, a minor, by his father and next friend, W. A. Nalley, brought this action against the Terry Dairy Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. The Terry Dairy Company is a corporation engaged in the retail and wholesale ice cream business and in the general dairy business in the city of Little Bock, Ark.

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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division ; Guy Fulh, Judge; STATEMENT OP PACTS. Charles Nalley, a minor, by his father and next friend, W. A. Nalley, brought this action against the Terry Dairy Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. The Terry Dairy Company is a corporation engaged in the retail and wholesale ice cream business and in the general dairy business in the city of Little Bock, Ark. In August, 1919, the company employed Charles Nalley for $5 per week, to drive one of its delivery wagons drawn by a mule.…

1Opinion of the Court

Hart,

J. (after stating the facts). Under the facts stated in the abstract, the court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the question of the liability of the defendant. This suit was brought under Initiative Act No. 1, providing for the health, safety and welfare of minors by forbidding their employment altogether under a certain age, and by forbidding their employment in certain occupations under a certain specified age, and the issues raised by the appeal involved the construction of this act. See Acts of Arkansas, 1915, p. 1505.

Section 1 of the act reads as follows: “No child…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. American Car & Foundry Co. v. ArmentrautIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Commonwealth v. HollisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  3. Lenahan v. Pittston Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  4. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
  5. Mammoth Vein Coal Co. v. BublissSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. D.L. Ex Rel. Friederichs v. HuebnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Boyer v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. StapletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  4. Joseph Galvin v. William H. Jennings, Individually and Trading as Poison Pete's TavernCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
  5. Pitzer v. M. D. Tomkies & SonsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951

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