Southern Ry. Co. v. Morris
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. E. B. Almon. This was an action brought against the appellant to recover damages to a mare, alleged to have been caused by defects in a bridge, which defendant had erected at a place where its railroad crossed a public road.. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This action was brought by Lou Morris, and the record recites that her death was suggested and it was continued, “To be revived in the name of the personal representative, when made known.” At a subsequent term the following order, ivas made: “On motion, it is ordered by the court, that suit be revived in the name of George Morris as the administrator of the estate of Lou Morris, deceased.” George Morris then became the plaintiff in his representative capacity, and not as an individual. The case of Bryant v. Southern Railway Co., 137 Ala. 488, and cases there cited, and which seem to be…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- South & North Ala. Railroad v. McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Worster v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Bryant v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Pratt Coal & Iron Co. v. Davis & DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Moore v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RailwaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
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- Alabama Power Co. v. Keystone Lime Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- City of Birmingham v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Hodge v. RamboSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- County of Alameda v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1961
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Loveman Compress Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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