Puckett v. Commonwealth
This text of 57 S.E. 591 (Puckett v. Commonwealth) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Virginia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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By consent this case was heard with the case of Wells v. Commonwealth, and is controlled by the decision therein.
It is contended that upon a correct interpretation of section 3799 of Va. Code, 1904, the employer, Wells, is liable for the forfeiture prescribed for a violation of the section and not the employee, Puckett.
We are of opinion that the statute is not susceptible of that [845]*845construction, but that any person who violates its provisions is amenable to the forfeiture imposed. But, for the reasons set forth in the opinion handed down at the present term in the former case, the judgment of the circuit court in this case must be reversed and the warrant quashed.
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57 S.E. 591, 107 Va. 844, 1907 Va. LEXIS 87, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/puckett-v-commonwealth-va-1907.