Richmond & Danville Railroad v. Greenwood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. W. W. Wilkebson. This was an action brought by the appellee, J. T. Greenwood, against the appellant, the Bichmond & Danville Bail-road- Company, and the Savannah & Western Bailroad Company ; and sought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger on a train of the Bichmond & Danville Bailroad Company, by reason of a collision between two trains of the…
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. W. W. Wilkebson. This was an action brought by the appellee, J. T. Greenwood, against the appellant, the Bichmond & Danville Bail-road- Company, and the Savannah & Western Bailroad Company ; and sought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger on a train of the Bichmond & Danville Bailroad Company, by reason of a collision between two trains of the two defendants. The pleadings are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The undisputed facts, as disclosed by the bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This is an action by Greenwood against the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company and the Savannah & Western Railroad Company, sounding in damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in a collision between trains of the respective railway companies at a crossing of their respective tracks. The complaint contains three counts. The first and second aver that the collision was the result of negligence and wantonness, and the third counts on simple negligence. Each of the three counts ascribes the injury complained of to the concurring turong of both defendants.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ga. Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Colegrove v. New York & New Haven RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Ala. Great Southern R. R. v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Carter v. ChambersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WebbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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