Legal Opinion

City of Bessemer v. Chambers

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 14, 1942No. 6 Div. 986PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

There were three suits, consolidated and tried as one, on the same proof. The pleadings in all of them were the same. They claimed damages resulting from the operation by the City of Bessemer beyond its corporate limits of a garbage dump, alleging facts claiming to show the creation of a nuisance, and special damage proximately resulting to plaintiff in each case. There was a verdict for each in the same amount.

We will treat the contentions made in the order as argued by appellant’s counsel in brief.

Assignment of Error No. 1.

This relates to the sufficiency of count 1 presented…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. City of Birmingham v. CarleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  2. New Jersey v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Adler & Co. v. PruittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  4. City of Birmingham v. NorwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  5. City of Selma v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918

9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hilliard v. City of HuntsvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  2. Lauderdale County Board of Education v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. City of Decatur v. ParhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  4. Bailey v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  5. City of Montgomery v. QuinnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944

11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API