Louisville N. R. Co. v. Pettis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Claude A. Grayson, Judge. Action by Grover C. Pettis against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, 'and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Claude A. Grayson, Judge. Action by Grover C. Pettis against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, 'and defendant appeals. Count' 1 is as follows: Plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $10,000 for that heretofore, to wit, on the 3d day of March, 1917, while in the employment of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, at Mobile, Ala., he was injured by being struck in the face with a dump wrench, by reason of which [here follows catalogue of injuries alleged to be permanent, together with the damages growing…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
[1] The plaintiff (appellee) was severely injured while assisting another employee of the defendant (appellant) in opening “dump doors” in the bottom of a freight car, belonging to. defendant, commonly used to transport coal, slag, etc., these doors having become “stuck.” The defendant is a common carrier, engaged in intra- and interstate commerce. Counts 1, 2, and 3, declaring on causes of action under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665), were not subject to the demurrers addressed thereto. Southern Rwy. v. Peters, 194 Ala. 94, 97, 69 South. 611; Southern Rwy.…
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