Brown v. Shelby County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Shelby County ; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge. Action by Fannie Brown against Shelby' County for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Shelby County ; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge. Action by Fannie Brown against Shelby' County for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Portions of the minutes o'f the June and , July term of 1905 of the commissioners’ court, offered as evidence, should have been admitted. 119 Ala. 601, 24 South. 505; 137 Ala. 158, 34 South. 171; 185 Ala. 504, 64 South. 311; 193 Ala. 529, 68 South. 971; 197 Ala. 313, 72 South. 636. The contract could be ratified. 175 Ala. 391, 57 South. 823; 15 Corp. Jur. 554. The contract of June 20, 1905, was…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This is a suit to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been received by plaintiff by reason of a mule becoming frightened .at a hole in the floor of a bridge and backing therefrom with a buggy' attached in which plaintiff was riding.
[1] The appeal is taken' as authorized by section 3017 of the Code of 1907, plaintiff having moved for a nonsuit with bill of exceptions, on account of adverse ruling by the court on the admission of testimony. Schillinger v. Wickersham, 75 South. 11; Herrmann v. Mobile Co., 202 Ala. 274, 80 South. 112; Paterson & Edey Lbr. Co. v. Bank of Mobile,…
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