Gulf States Steel Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Etowah County; O. A. Steele, Judge. Action by T. S. Jones against Gulf States Steel Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The staging or scaffold which fell and injured employé was a mere temporary staging, and not a part of the ways, works, machinery, or plant of the defendant. 1 Dresser, p. 228, § 46; 2 Dresser, p. 91, § 46; Holland-Blow Stave Go. v. Spencer, 16 Ala.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Etowah County; O. A. Steele, Judge. Action by T. S. Jones against Gulf States Steel Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The staging or scaffold which fell and injured employé was a mere temporary staging, and not a part of the ways, works, machinery, or plant of the defendant. 1 Dresser, p. 228, § 46; 2 Dresser, p. 91, § 46; Holland-Blow Stave Go. v. Spencer, 16 Ala. App. 227, 77 South. 65; Tobler v. Pioneer M. & M. Co., 166 Ala. 482, 52 South. 86; Caldwell-Watson E. & M. Co. v. Watson, 183 Ala. 326, 62 South. 859; Woodward…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
This is an action by an employ*! against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries received in consequence of the falling of a temporary scaffold or staging on which plaintiff was standing while working as a brick mason for the defendant. Plaintiff was employed, with others, to erect or construct a brick building —a warehouse-—and as the work progressed, and the walls were built higher and higher, the scaffolds on which the brick masons stood had to be raised or rebulf to correspond with the height of the walls. The character of the work, and the mode of constructing and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tobler v. Pioneer Mining & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Lynch v. AllynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. MolbleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Huyck v. McNerneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Langhorne v. SimingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
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