Barker v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crowe. Action by Prank P. Barker against tbe Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Compány, for injuries received while in its employment. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The action is grounded as stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crowe. Action by Prank P. Barker against tbe Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Compány, for injuries received while in its employment. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The action is grounded as stated in the opinion. The following charges were given at the instance of defendant: (1) You cannot find that Bryant’s directions to pinch or prize the rock in the wall, and his also directing” plaintiff to turn the water on, entitled plaintiff to recover. You must further find that in giving such directions Bryant was at fault,…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Snit by employee against employer, to recover damages sustained while in the service of the employer.
The work in which plaintiff was engaged at the time of the injury was in assisting other laborers in tearing down a certain wall of a coke oven, which had become warped. The suit was based' upon the Employers’ Liability Act, and counted for recovery upon the negligence of one Bryant, the foreman of the crew engaged in this work.
For a report of the case on former appeal, we are referred by counsel to the case reported as Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. v. Barker, 6 Ala. App. 413, 60 South.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad v. BarkerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
- Stone v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
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