Alabama Power Company v. Smith

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment for plaintiffs, rendered on a jury verdict, in an action for wrongful death.

Mitchell & Nall, Inc., hereinafter sometimes referred to as the contractor, was engaged in constructing an additional wing to a school building in Dallas County. The deceased, for whose death the action is brought, was Earl Smith. He was an employee of the contractor. The widow and minor children of Smith are the plaintiffs in the case. The contractor is not a party to this action.

The three defendants are the Alabama Power Company, a corporation,…