Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Demmins
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles A. Senn. Action by Tom Demmins against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles A. Senn. Action by Tom Demmins against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following are the pleas discussed in the opinion: (7) “For further answer to plaintiff’s complaint as amended, and each count thereof, separately .and severally, the defendant says that, at the time said car ran upon or against the vehicle mentioned in the complaint in said cause, one Robert Johnson was by and ■with consent of the plaintiff in charge and control of said horse, vehicle, and harness…
1Opinion of the Court
be CRAFFENRIED, J.
This suit was brought by appellee against the appellant for damages he alleges in his complaint he sustained by reason of the negligence of the appellant’s servants while acting in the line of their emplojunent in the management of an electric car. There were two counts to' the complaint, one alleging that the damages were caused by the negligence, and the other by the wantonness of appellant’s servants or agents. The appellee’s theory was that, while a hack-man in his employ was driving one of his closed hacks *367along one of the streets of the city of Birmingham, and, at the…
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