O'Brien v. Tatum
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. cited Corby v. Hill, 4 C. B. (N. S.) 556; 52 N. Y. 354; 10 Allen, 378; 99 Mass. 216; 116 Mass. 67; 18 Mass. 102; TJ. S. 23Ó; Wood on Nuisances, 148; 94 111. - 349; Freer v. Cameron, 4 Bichardson’s S. C. (Law), 231. cited 69 Me, 173; L. B. 4 Ex 257; 99 Mass. 216; 48 Yt. Í27; 87 Penn. St. 365; 69 Ind. 33; 35 Ohio St. 627; 75 N. Y. 303; 76 N. Y. 329; Beach on Con. Neg. § 12, p. 40; 4 Bich.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. cited Corby v. Hill, 4 C. B. (N. S.) 556; 52 N. Y. 354; 10 Allen, 378; 99 Mass. 216; 116 Mass. 67; 18 Mass. 102; TJ. S. 23Ó; Wood on Nuisances, 148; 94 111. - 349; Freer v. Cameron, 4 Bichardson’s S. C. (Law), 231. cited 69 Me, 173; L. B. 4 Ex 257; 99 Mass. 216; 48 Yt. Í27; 87 Penn. St. 365; 69 Ind. 33; 35 Ohio St. 627; 75 N. Y. 303; 76 N. Y. 329; Beach on Con. Neg. § 12, p. 40; 4 Bich. S. C. (Law), 228; 57 Ala. 595.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The action is brought by appellant to recover for injuries sustained from having fallen into an opening in the floor of defendant’s store, which was used for operating an elevator. In the -first two counts of the complaint the negligence of the defendant is charged to consist in having caused the opening to be made, and leaving it exposed and unprotected, so as not to guard and secure the public against injury; and the third count avers, in addition to this act of negligence, that the defendant knowing the existence of the opening, and that it was dangerous, failed to notify the plaintiff,…
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