Alabama Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; Horace C. Wilkerson, Judge. Action by Cordelia Brown, as administra-trix' of the estate of Albert Brown, against the Alabama Company for damages for the death of her husband. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; Horace C. Wilkerson, Judge. Action by Cordelia Brown, as administra-trix' of the estate of Albert Brown, against the Alabama Company for damages for the death of her husband. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. When a release is executed by an administrator, it is not an individual act, but is done in a representative capacity, for the administrator is the only person that can bring suit for the death of an employee. Code of 1907, § 3912; Acts 1911, pp. 483, 484; T. C. I. v. Herndon, 100 Ala. 451, 14 South. 287; L. & N. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate, Albert Brown, was killed while working in the ore mine of defendant by slate falling from the roof of tile mine.
This suit is brought by Cordelia Brown as administratrix of his estate against the defendant under subdivision 1 of section 3910 of the Code of 1907, known as the Employers’ Liability Act. The complaint averred that the roof of the mine .was defective.
The deceased, Albert Brown, left a father and mother who resided in Alabama, and his wife, Cordelia Brown, who was residing at the time of his death in Ohio with her parents, and had been there, away from her…
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