Legal Opinion

Mains v. J. E. Harris Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1938No. CC 585PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Riley, Judge:

This certificate involves the sufficiency of a special plea, a demurrer thereto having been sustained.

Thomas Mains, an infant, eighteen years.of age, instituted an action of trespass on the case against the J. E. Harris Company, a corporation, for damages sustained while in its employ, alleging in his declaration, for purpose of negativing the application of the compensation act, that the defendant, although a subscriber, did not post or keep posted in conspicuous places about its place of business typewritten or printed notices, or otherwise inform or notify the claimant of its…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McVey v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Long Flame Coal Co. v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Rhodes v. J. B. B. Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Maynard v. Island Creek Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Adkins v. Hope Engineering & Supply Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. ACF Industries, Inc. v. ViewegWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Bell v. Vecellio & Grogan, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Johnson v. United States. The Patrol Boat No. Q- 14Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
  4. Rogers v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Canterbury v. Valley Bell Dairy CompanyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956

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