Alabama Power Co. v. Christian

Appellant was constructing a light and power transmission line along a public street in the city of Tuscaloosa, and in the progress of its work felled a tree, a water oak, which had long stood near the center of the street. The tree stood on appellee’s side of the middle line of the street, if that makes any difference. Appellant’s transmission line was constructed along the outer margin of the sidewalk. The tree stood 21 or 22 feet from the curb. Ordinary traffic passed on either side of the tree, but the evidence for appellant went to show that safe practice in such matters, the practice of…