Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Linkett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 19, 1936No. 4 Div. 872PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The suit was for personal injury, the result of alleged poisonous contents of a bottled drink that was' purchased and consumed.
The assignments of error insisted upon are the refusal of the trial court to give the general affirmative charge requested, and denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was excessive.
The rules governing the giving or refusing of affirmative instruction need not be restated. McMillan v. Aiken et al., 205 Ala. 35, 40, 88 So. 135.
A case of this nature was the subject of Reichert Milling Co. v. George, 230 Ala. 3, 162…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McMillan v. AikenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Georgia Cotton Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Whistle Bottling Co. v. SearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Try-Me Beverage Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Company v. JohnsonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
- Alabama Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. StanfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Alabama Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. CauseyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938