Legal Opinion
Bugg v. Green
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 9, 1926No. 6 Div. 719PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The action is in damages for killing plaintiff’s horse in the negligent operation of a railway locomotive. The place of the accident is alleged in the complaint to be “in Shelby county, Ala., at or near Bamford, Ala.” The demurrer challenges this as a sufficient designation of place.
The Code of 1876, § 1711, required the complaint to specify “the timé when and the place where the killing or injury occurred.” Construing this section, it was said:
“The place should be averred to be at a certain locality along the line of the road, describing its distance and direction from a named depot, or…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Western Railway v. SistrunkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Ferrell v. RossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railroad v. CarlossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Jefferson County Savings Bank v. CarlandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Western Ry. v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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3Cited by9 opinions
- W. S. Fowler Rental Equipment Company v. SkipperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Bennett v. BennettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Jones v. KeithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. CoursonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Weir v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
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