Jones v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwinn, Judge. Action by Leo Jones and others against the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company for damages for polluting a stream. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwinn, Judge. Action by Leo Jones and others against the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company for damages for polluting a stream. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. In the examination of the witness Ayers, objection on the part of the defendant was sustained to the following questions asked of the witness by the plaintiff: “About how many cases have you prepared in this court for the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company of this same character?” “I will ask you if you have not been a witness and in every case used on the…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit was for damage by riparian proprietors for tbe pollution of a stream flowing through their lands.
[1, 2] Of the several assignments of error based on rulings in admission or rejection of evidence we have only to say the questions to witness Ayers, tending to show his bias or interest in defendant’s behalf, should have been permitted on cross-examination. Patton v. State, 197 Ala. 180, 72 South. 401; *382Ex parte State, Johnson v. State, 74 South. 366;1 N., C. & St. L. Ry. v. Crosby, 183 Ala. 237, 62 South. 889; Parker v. Newman, 75 South. 479, 484, 485;2 Allen v. Fincher, 187 Ala. 599, 65…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Parker v. NewmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Gillespie v. Woodward Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- American Tar Products Co. v. JonesAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920