Parsons v. Yolande Coal & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Tuscaloosa County; Henry B. Foster, Judge. Action by L. E. Parsons, as administrator, against the Yolande Coal & Coke Company, for damages for the death of his intestate. There was verdict for the plaintiff, which on motion was set aside, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Tuscaloosa County; Henry B. Foster, Judge. Action by L. E. Parsons, as administrator, against the Yolande Coal & Coke Company, for damages for the death of his intestate. There was verdict for the plaintiff, which on motion was set aside, and plaintiff appeals. Counts 17 and 18 are as follows: (17) The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Sam Parsons, deceased, claims of the defendant the other and further sum of $50,-000 as damages, for that heretofore, on, to wit, October 16, 1918, the defendant was engaged in the coal-mining business at Yolande, in…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Appellant, as administrator of the estate of Sam Parsons, deceased, brought this suit against the appellee for the recovery of damages because of the death of his intestate, resulting from an attack of influenza. There was,judgment for the plaintiff, which was set aside by the trial court on motion for a new trial; and, from the judgment of the court setting aside this verdict, the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.
The defendant is an industrial corporation, engaged in the mining of coal and its preparation for the market, employing several hundred men in and about the conduct of its business.…
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