Heidtmueller v. Louisville N. R. Co.

The first appeal in this case is reported as L. & N. R. Co. v. Heidtmueller, 206 Ala. 29, 89 South. 191. Each count of the complaint as originally filed and as amended sought to recover punitive damages under section 2486 of the Code of 1907. Alabama Power Co. v. Stogner, 208 Ala. 666, 95 South. 151.

After the case was reversed and remanded to the circuit court, there was an attempt to conform to the holding in Mo. Pac. R. R. Co. v. Ault, 256 U. S. 554, 41 Sup. Ct. 593, 65 L. Ed. 1087. On motion of the railroad company the case was dismissed as to it, and James C. Davis, as Agent of the United…