Steagall v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
’ ■ Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. > Action by Sallie Steagall against the SlossSheffield Steel & Iron Company for damages for the death of Alpha Steagall, deceased, while in the employ of the defendant corporation. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. Counsel cite cases formerly decided showing that counts 3 and 4 of the complaint were good.
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’ ■ Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. > Action by Sallie Steagall against the SlossSheffield Steel & Iron Company for damages for the death of Alpha Steagall, deceased, while in the employ of the defendant corporation. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. Counsel cite cases formerly decided showing that counts 3 and 4 of the complaint were good. They insist further the Workmen’s Compensation Act did not repeal the employers’ liability statute, and that the defendant should specially plead that act as a defense, and in support thereof they cite 5 N. C.…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
This was an action brought by the administratrix of a deceased employee against his employer seeking to recover damages for the death of the decedent under -our Employee’s Act (section 3910 of the Code of 1907); the death having occurred in March, 1920, after the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1919, p. 209, became effective on, to wit, January 1, 1920. The trial court sustained the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint and the plaintiff appeals, and the sole question to be determined is whether or not the plaintiff should, by averment in her complaint, show that the Workmen’s Compensation Act…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mathison v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Deibeikis v. Link-Belt Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Sexton ex rel. Kin v. Newark District Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1913
- Shade v. Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- Gorrell v. BattelleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Gentry v. Swann Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Ex Parte Majestic Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- State Ex Rel. Wadsworth v. Southern Surety Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Jones v. George F. Getty Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
- Garrett v. Gadsden Cooperage Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1923
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