Legal Opinion

Woodward Iron Co. v. Goolsby

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1942No. 6 Div. 838PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment under the homicide act, Code 1940, Tit. 7, § 123, by H. R. Goolsby, as administrator of the estate of Lloyd Goolsby, deceased, against Woodward Iron Company, a corporation, and Otis E. Lyons, alias Red Lyons, claiming damages for the alleged wrongful death of said Lloyd Goolsby as a result of his being struck by a railroad locomotive belonging to said Woodward Iron Company and at the time being operated by said Lyons as engineer, employed by said Woodward Iron Company, and while said Lloyd Goolsby, as averred, was “walking across” the railroad…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. McMillan v. AikenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. Johnson v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  4. Walker v. Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  5. W. B. Davis Son v. RupleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. KinneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  2. Malone Freight Lines, Inc. v. McCardleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  3. Haskew v. BradfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  4. Wear v. Chenault Motor Company, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  5. Amsouth Bank, N.A. v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990

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