Robertson v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. Henry B. Foster. Action.by William T. Robertson, Jr., against the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company, for damages, for injuries suffered while in its "employ. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. Henry B. Foster. Action.by William T. Robertson, Jr., against the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company, for damages, for injuries suffered while in its "employ. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The court erred in sustaining demurrer to counts 4 and 6 of the complaint. —M. & O. v. George, 94 Ala. 214; A. G. S. v. Dams, 24 South. 863; West Pratt G. Go. v. Andrews, 43 South. 348; Huych v. McNerney, 50 South. 926. The court erred in overruling demurrers to pleas 2, 3 and 4. — Employer’s Liability Act. On these authorities, it…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, C. J.
The plaintiff was injured by falling from the roof of a shed over a boiler, where he was at the time engaged in painting the roof. To do this work a ladder Avas used, which laid flat upon the roof, “and was held onto said roof by a cross-piece so nailed to the upper end thereof as to form a miter joint or angle therewith, which so fit over the comb of the roof of said shed as to hold said ladder thereon; said crosspiece extending the entire width of the upper end of said ladder.” One Sam Rolen, another employee of the defendant, was engaged with the plaintiff in doing the painting of said…
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