Legal Opinion

Long v. Mann

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 14, 1953No. 5 Div. 548PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for the defendants in an action for false imprisonment. Trial was before the court without a jury.

The principal contention advanced for a reversal is that illegal evidence was admitted over due objection and exception of the plaintiff to the result that in such cases a reversal of the judgment is required unless the remaining evidence is without con. *18flict and sufficient to support the .judgment. Springer v. Sullivan, 218 Ala. 645, 119 So. 851. The court entertains the view, however, that this principle is not controlling in that the admitted evidence…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Housing Authority v. Decatur Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  2. Cunningham & Son v. Baker, Peterson & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  4. Springer v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  5. Bank of Cottonwood v. HoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Delchamps, Inc. v. BryantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
  2. Davis v. Southland Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Delchamps, Inc. v. BryantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999

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