Reeves v. Anniston Knitting Mills
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Anniston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Pelham. Action by W. T. Reeves against the Anniston Knitting Mills for damages for loss of wages occasioned by an injury to his minor child alleged to' have been inflicted by the negligence of the master. The facts and pleadings are sufficiently set out in a former appeal in this case reported in 154 Ala. 575; 45 South. 702, reference to which is hereby made. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Anniston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Pelham. Action by W. T. Reeves against the Anniston Knitting Mills for damages for loss of wages occasioned by an injury to his minor child alleged to' have been inflicted by the negligence of the master. The facts and pleadings are sufficiently set out in a former appeal in this case reported in 154 Ala. 575; 45 South. 702, reference to which is hereby made. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The court erred in overruling demurrers to regular plea 3. — Reeves v. Anniston K. Mills, 154 Ala. 575. What has been said with…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Counts 1, 2, and 7 as amended were those upon Avhich the testimony was taken upon the trial. The first two rely upon the negligence of defendant (appellee )in omitting to warn and instruct plaintiff’s (appellant) nine year old child, inexperienced and immature, in reference to the dangers incident to her employment in defendant’s hosiery mill. The seventh count as amended ascribed the injury to the *648negligent failure of the defendant in respect of an uncovered, exposed shafting, rapidly revolving a short distance above and parallel with the floor of one of the rooms of the mill. This is the…
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- Reaves v. Anniston Knitting MillsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
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