Western Railway v. Williamson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. John G-. Winter, Special Judge. This action was brought by the appellee, L. B. Williamson, against the appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the discharge of his duties as a brakeman on defendant’s road.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. John G-. Winter, Special Judge. This action was brought by the appellee, L. B. Williamson, against the appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the discharge of his duties as a brakeman on defendant’s road. The first count of the complaint was as follows: “The plaintiff claims, of the defendant the sum of twenty thousand dollars as damages for that, whereas, heretofore, towit, on the 20th day of November, 1894, the defendant was a corporation engaged in the operation of a railway from…
1Opinion of the Court
HARALSON, J. —
The bill of exceptions, as shown by the abstract, does not purport to set out all the evidence. It is contended by appellee, that the abstract also fails to show that exceptions were reserved to any of the rulings of "the 'court assigned as error. But, after setting out in the abstract each ruling, and the objections that had been interposed," and setting these out only in *141the assignments of error,the abstract concludes: “Proper exceptions were reserved to each and all the foregoing assignments of error.” This method of stating exceptions to be here passed on, is subject to…
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