Tennessee C. I. & R. R. v. Crotwell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by M. D. Crotwell against the Tennessee C. I. <& B. R. Co., for injuries to a minor son, alleged to have been employed without her consent, and put to work in a perilous and dangerous place. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. William Jackson. Action by M. D. Crotwell against the Tennessee C. I. <& B. R. Co., for injuries to a minor son, alleged to have been employed without her consent, and put to work in a perilous and dangerous place. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. One who employs a minor child without the consent of his father, and without such consent places him to work at a dangerous place, or upon a dangerous work, is liable to .the father for any injury suffered by the minor as the result of being placed at such work. — Williams v. L. & N. R.…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, C. J.
The action was brought by a parent to recover damages for injuries suffered by her minor son, who, it is alleged, was employed by defendant, without her consent, to perform work in its mine, which it is alleged was a perilous and dangerous place, and who, while in the performance of his duties, was injured.
The burden of proof was undoubtedly upon the plaintiff to substantiate the material allegations of her complaint. To this end she was under the duty of showing by some degree of proof that her son was a minor, that he was employed by the defendant without her consent, that the mine in which…
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