Jackson v. City of Florence

SHORES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit occasioned by the trial court’s sustaining the defendant city’s demurrer and motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint. The trial court specified the grounds upon which the demurrer was sustained, saying:

“. . . The court is of the opinion that the demurrer is due to be sustained under the doctrine of municipal immuni,ty from liability for injuries inflicted by an agent of the municipality acting in a governmental capacity which is well established by the opinions of the Supreme Court of Alabama . . . ”

The complaint claimed damages…