Adams v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Hugh D. Merrill. Action by F. M. Adams against the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damag’es for being put down at the Avrong station. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Hugh D. Merrill. Action by F. M. Adams against the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damag’es for being put down at the Avrong station. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The folloAving is count 7: Plaintiff claims of defendant * * damages for that Avhereas, on or about February 22, 1911, defendant was a common carrier of passengers for hire or reward * * * between Dunnavant and Sterretts, both in Shelby county, Ala., and plaintiff avers that Dunnavant was a station on defendant’s said railway where defendant took on and let…
1Opinion of the Court
de G-RAFFENRIED, J.
Tbe reporter will set out tbe seventh count of tbe complaint and tbe defendant’s third plea as amended. He will also set out tbe plaintiff’s tenth and twelfth replications to tbe third plea as amended.
Tbe above pleadings will, when read in connection with what follows, explain our views as to tbe law of this case as it is presented by this record.
1. An examination of tbe seventh count of tbe complaint will show that it does not appear from that count bow far the stations of Dunnavant and Sterretts are from each other. When read in connection with tbe Replications, we…
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- Railroad Commission v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1909
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Railroad Commission of AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1908
- Smith v. IngeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Boatmen's Bank v. Trower Bros.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1909
- Western Ry. of Alabama v. Railroad Commission of AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1912
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