Legal Opinion

Avery Freight Lines, Inc. v. Stewart

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 19, 1953No. 7 Div. 175PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Per curiam

This is a suit in which appellee as administrator of the estate of Edsel H. Stewart recovered a judgment against appellants for $25,000 for causing the death of Edsel H. Stewart in the. collision between a truck and car.

There are only three assignments of error. The first relates to an occurrence in connection with the qualification of prospective jurors. The trial judge had ascertained that Casualty Reciprocal Exchange was appellánt Avery Freight Lines’ liability insurance carrier by proceeding conducted out of the presence of the jury. He then propounded to the jury panel the following…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Richmond & Danville Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  2. Dyer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  3. Leach v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Vredenburgh Saw Mill Co. v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  5. Cox v. RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Roan v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  2. Ridout's-Brown Service, Inc. v. HollowaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  3. Cooper v. Bishop Freeman Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  4. Sims v. StruthersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  5. Alabama Power Co. v. BonnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984

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