Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Handley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. -W. Speaice. Action by George W. Handley against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The substance of the complaint is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. -W. Speaice. Action by George W. Handley against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The substance of the complaint is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The special pleas are as follows: “(2) For further answer defendant says plaintiff was injured, if injured at all, by the roof of a building falling upon him under which he was working by orders of the servant of the defendant, and that he had been sent to work there, and ordered to do said work, and did so in daylight, and…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This is an action by the plaintiff, an employee, for personal injuries sustained while engaged in removing certain joists connected with a roof of the defendant. Counts 1 and 3 are framed under subdivision 2 of section 3910 of the code of 1907, and charge negligence on the part of one McCord, a person in the service of the defendant, who had superintendence intrusted to him, whilst in the exercise of said superin*600tendence. Count 2 is framed under subdivision 3, and charges the injury as the result of the compliance with an order given by said McCord as superintendent, and to which said order…
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- St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
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