Legal Opinion
Employers Ins. Co. of Alabama v. Diggs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 13, 1937No. 1 Div. 950PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The suit was to enforce suretyship founded on judgment for damages. The trial was had on count B.
The judgment against the Gulf Coast Motor Express, Inc., and C. C. Couvillon was had in Mississippi for $8,000, which was reduced in the amount of $3,000 by remittitur of damages; this sum not being paid, suit was brought in the circuit court of Mobile county, Ala., against surety on bond as a common carrier by motor vehicle under permit from this state. Gen.Acts Ala. 1932, Ex.Sess., pp. 178, 180, 185.
The plaintiff as a witness in his own behalf, was asked by defendant: “Where were…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. VaughnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Russell v. BushSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. HearnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Ohio Casualty Ins. Co. v. BeckwithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Employers Ins. Co. of Alabama, Inc. v. BrockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Owens v. Auto Mut. Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Commercial Casualty Ins. Co. v. LloydSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Commercial Casualty Ins. v. LloydSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942