J. T. Camp Transfer Co. v. Davenport
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. John C. Pugh. (This case was reviewed by the Supreme Court on certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and the writ denied. See Ex parte Davenport, 198 Ala., 74 South. 1005.) Action by Hattie Davenport against the J. T. Camp Transfer Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. John C. Pugh. (This case was reviewed by the Supreme Court on certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and the writ denied. See Ex parte Davenport, 198 Ala., 74 South. 1005.) Action by Hattie Davenport against the J. T. Camp Transfer Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The complaint charges that upon a certain day defendant was in charge or control of a team of horses attached to a vehicle being driven along the streets of the city of Birmingham. The plaintiff was driving on said street in a vehicle drawn by a horse, when…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The appellee sued the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries, as well as for damages to her buggy, alleged to have been done when a team belonging to the defendant was alleged, by reason of the defendant’s negligence, to have run into her buggy, in which she was riding. The only plea was the general issue.
It is urged by the appellant that the only issue of negligence in the case is whether the driver was negligent in the management or control of the team, and attempted to so limit the issues to be submitted to the jury by several written charges, which were refused, and separately…
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