Wright-Nave Contracting Co. v. Alabama Fuel & Iron Co.

The suit was to recover damages occasioned by blasting that killed an employee of plaintiff, and caused property damage. Plaintiff paid compensation to the dependents of the' deceased employee in accordance with the Workmen’s Compensation Act. And one phase of the suit is based on subrogation of said dependents’ right of action against defendant for said employee’s death. Workmen’s Compensation Act, Gen. Acts 1919, p. 206, § 32, subd. 2; Georgia Casualty Co. v. Haygood, 210 Ala. 56, 97 South. 87, 91.

The refusal of the trial court to give written charges requested by defendants, and the…