Alabama Mineral Railroad v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hon. George El Brewer. This action was brought by the appellee, Mary A. Jones, as the administratrix of the estate of John Jones, deceased, against the Alabama Midland Railroad Company, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant, which resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before the Hon. George El Brewer. This action was brought by the appellee, Mary A. Jones, as the administratrix of the estate of John Jones, deceased, against the Alabama Midland Railroad Company, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant, which resulted in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. The principal facts in this case are substantially the same as found in the report of the case on the former appeal (107 Ala. 400) ; and special reference is here made to that report. The complaint contained two counts, and the cause…
1Opinion of the Court
HEAD, J. —
The leading facts of this case may be found in the report of the former appeal (107 Ala. 400). New questions upon the admission of evidence, and very many instructions given and refused, are predicated for assignments of error on the present appeal.
The cause of action, as stated in the first count of the complaint, was that Scott, section foreman and superintendent of road repairs, in the exercise of such superintendence, negligently ordered and directed plaintiff’s intestate and the other section hands to take the two lever cars over the river at once, and at a great rate of speed,…
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