Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John C. Pugh. Action by Mary B. Brown against Birmingham Waterworks Company, for damages for cutting off water supply. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
This is the second appeal in this ease. On the first appeal this court upheld, as valid, the contract which is the basis of this suit.—Brown v. Birmingham Waterworks Company, 169 Ala. 230, 52 South. 915.
One of the principal questions presented on this appeal is whether this court, on the first appeal, was correct in upholding the contract as valid. For this reason, as well as on account of the extreme importance of this case, the record has been carefully examined in consultation by the full bench, and this opinion is written for the purpose of expressing the views of those…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Griffin v. Goldsboro Water Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Lough v. . OuterbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- City of Montgomery v. GreeneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Wood v. City of AuburnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1895
- Cumberland Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. HobartMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
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- Water Works Board of Town of Parrish v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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