Redmond & Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Action by T. B. Redmond & Co. against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and others. There Avas judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Action by T. B. Redmond & Co. against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and others. There Avas judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. The resident engineer had the poAver to change the contract and bind the company on the quantum meruit, and the court improperly gave the affirmative charge for the railroad. — Henderson Bridge Co. v. McGrath, 134 U. S. 260; LaFayette R. R. Co. v. Tucker, 124 Ala. 515. It was a question for the jury to say whether or not the contract existed. — Seals v. Edmondson, 73…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The complaint is on the common counts. The plaintiffs seek to recover for work and labor done under a contract. The action is against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation, and Dunn & Lallande Bros., a partnership, on a joint contract. The evidence was without dispute that there was no joint contract between the plaintiffs and defendants, and that the contract under which the plaintiffs performed the services, and on account of which, they seek a recovery in this suit, was one entered into by and between the plaintiffs and the defendants Dunn & Lallande Bros., and to…
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