Pensacola St. A. & Gulf S. S. Co. v. Brooks
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Mobile Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Saffold Berney. Action by Dan Brooks against the Pensacola, St. Andrews & Gulf Steamship Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Mobile Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Saffold Berney. Action by Dan Brooks against the Pensacola, St. Andrews & Gulf Steamship Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following allegations are common, and form a part of each count of the complaint: During the entire month of June, 1913, plaintiff was employed by defendant as a roust-about on defendant’s steamship Tarpon, and one John Kane was employed by defendant as first mate on or of said steamship. The said John Kane, as such mate, was intrusted by defendant with authority to direct and control…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
This is an action to recover damages brought under a Florida statute. The complaint claims damages in separate counts for two distinct injuries, each averred as occurring in the state of Florida. The trial was had before the judge without a jury. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.(1) The statute relied on is set out in the complaint, and will be set out by the reporter. To each count the defendant filed pleas of the general issue and certain special pleas; but the issues upon which the case was tried make it necessary, in this connection, of the court’s rulings on the…
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