Legal Opinion
Pound v. Gaulding
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 16, 1939No. 7 Div. 526PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
Plaintiff was in defendant’s employ as a carpenter, and while engaged in his work on a scaffolding, under the direction of one Miller who had superintendence over him, the scaffolding gave way by reason of insufficient supports or braces, resulting in plaintiff’s fall and consequential injuries.
Plaintiff’s suit (counts 2 and 3, upon which the case was tried) is based upon subsections 2 and 3 of section 7598, Code 1923 (Employers’ Liability Act), relating to the negligence of superintendent Miller.
Conceding for the moment the applicability of the Employers’ Liability Act, we…
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- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. CarrollSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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