Legal Opinion

O'Quinn v. Alston

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 9, 1925No. 6 Div. 297PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.

Appellant recovered damages for personal injuries caused by the fall of an elevator in an office building, owned and operated by appellee, but, being dissatisfied with the jury’s assessment, prosecutes this appeal. There hardly need be a citation of authority for the proposition that appellant may be heard on this appeal to complain only of such rulings of the trial court as may have prejudicially affected the assessment of damages.

Appellant proved his injuries, and the manner and extent of their original infliction were not disputed. But the first twenty-four assignments of error are…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. Montgomery Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  2. Pyke v. City of JamestownNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad v. SpilkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Collins v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
  5. McGarrahan v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RudolphSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  2. Boehmer v. BoggianoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  3. Williams v. WoodmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  4. Austin v. Tennessee Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  5. Looney v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998

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