Legal Opinion

Woods v. Perryman

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 26, 1987No. 86-309Published

1Opinion of the Court

BEATTY, Justice.

Appeal by plaintiff, Marlene Woods, as administratrix of the estate of Kenneth Woods, deceased, from summary judgment in favor of defendants Ray Perryman, Ruth Perryman Driggers, and Chris Perry-man, in plaintiffs action based upon negligence and wanton conduct in allowing a horse upon a highway, proximately resulting in the decedent’s death when the motorcycle he was riding struck the horse. We affirm.

At the time of the fatal occurrence, Ruth Perryman Driggers held bills of sale relative to her purchase of two horses, an Appaloosa and an Arabian. The horses were kept in a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Fountain v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  2. Folmar v. Montgomery Fair Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  3. Butler v. Michigan Mut. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  4. Donald v. City National Bank of DothanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Loveless v. GraddickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975

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