Thompson Tractor Company v. Cobb

LAWSON, Justice.

These are appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County.

As amended, the complaint was one wherein Nora Irene Cobb, as administratrix of the estate of Burmon Hurlen Cobb, deceased, was the plaintiff and Thompson Tractor Company, a corporation, and Southeastern Coal and Iron Company, a corporation, were the defendants.

The case went to the jury on plaintiff’s Counts One A and Three and on pleas of the general issue in short by consent in the usual form, which the defendants filed separately.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff against both…