Legal Opinion
Mobile O. R. Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 21, 1929No. 1 Div. 508PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, T.
This is an action for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USGA §§ 51-59) for the death of a switch engine foreman, of appellant, killed in the yard at Mobile.
Objection is made to the complaint that it fails to show that decedent was not a trespasser, or was not at a place where defendant did not owe him the duty of ordinary care not to cause his death, and that the complaint does not show a breach of duty. The case of American Ry. Express Co. v. Reid, 216 Ala. 479, 113 So. 507, is cited to support this theory. That case, we think, is not in point. There the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGinnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- American Railroad Co. of Porto Rico v. DidricksenSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Southern Ry. Co. v. DicksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Rochelle v. RochelleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Hunt v. WardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Baggett Transp. Co. v. HolderfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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