Gulf States Steel Co. v. Justice
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Giyynn, Judge. Action by Jesse C. Justice, as administrator, against the Gulf States Steel Company, for damages for the death of bis intestate in the employment of tbe defendant, with intervention by Chas. A. Calhoun and Goodwyn & Ross. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Giyynn, Judge. Action by Jesse C. Justice, as administrator, against the Gulf States Steel Company, for damages for the death of bis intestate in the employment of tbe defendant, with intervention by Chas. A. Calhoun and Goodwyn & Ross. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The petition for intervention shows that Jesse C. Justice, as administrator of the estate of Hugh Justice, deceased, entered into a contract with Calhoun and Goodwyn & Ross, by which he employed them as attorneys, to prosecute a suit against the Gulf States…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit is by a personal representative for the death of intestate, an employe. The trial was had on counts 9, 11, and 12 of the complaint, as amended on April 29, 1919, and on the petition for intervention by the attorneys named therein. Respondent in petition objected to filing intervention, moved to strike, pleaded in abatement, moved to transfer to equity, and demurred. After the respective denial or overruling of the same, defendant in the main suit sought to plead, as we will later indicate.
Count 9 charged negligence under subdivision 5 of the Employers’ Liability Act (Code, § 3910);…
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