Ivey v. Railway Fuel Co.

Section 6 of the Child Labor Law (Gen. Acts 1919, pp. 867, 869) provides:

“No child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed, A permitted, or suffered to work in any capacity: * * * (10) In any tunnel or excavation.”

Section 17 of the act makes any violation of the provisions of section 6 a misdemeanor.

The complaint clearly alleges a violation of the quoted provisions of the law — unquestionably a “wrongful act” within the meaning o'f that phrase as used in the Homicide Statute (Code, § 2486) giving a right of action to a personal representative “for the wrongful act, omission or…