Legal Opinion
Cole v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 31, 1957No. 6 Div. 162PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
Catherine M. Cole brought suit against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. for alleged negligence in failing to give her notice of the arrival of the train at her destination in Mobile. From an adverse judgment she brings this appeal.
The evidence for the plaintiff showed: She purchased a ticket from defendant railroad in Birmingham. Her destination was Mobile. When she boarded the train at Birmingham, she told the conductor that she had been ill and had not been to Mobile in twenty-one years. The conductor promised her that if she was asleep he would arouse her when she…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Lowman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. MobleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Birmingham Electric Co. v. WoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- State v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Company v. SteedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Whaley v. LawingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Cunningham v. LoweryCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
- Decker v. HaysSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Chambers v. CulverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
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