Louisville N. R. Co. v. Duncan
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from City Court of Bessemer; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Action by W. M. Duncan against tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following charges were refused to defendant: (7) If you believe the evidence in this case, you cannot award plaintiff any damages for the loss of the matting destroyed by fire.. (8) Same as 7, except- it refers to two art squares. (9) ¡Same as 7 except that it refers to a sewing machine.
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Appeal from City Court of Bessemer; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Action by W. M. Duncan against tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following charges were refused to defendant: (7) If you believe the evidence in this case, you cannot award plaintiff any damages for the loss of the matting destroyed by fire.. (8) Same as 7, except- it refers to two art squares. (9) ¡Same as 7 except that it refers to a sewing machine. The action is for damages resulting from the burning of certain household goods alleged to have been caused from the fact…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1,2] The evidence for plaintiff tended to show that he was the owner of certain personal property contained in his residence in the city of Bessemer, Ala.; that the house next to the house in which he lived caught afire; that the alarm was turned in to the city fire department; that the department responded promptly; that the fire truck was a motor truck, which ran very rapidly; that within a few blocks of the house the fire truck was forced to cross the tracks of the defendant at a regular street crossing; that at this crossing the fire truck was stopped by a freight train that had just…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Armstrong v. Montgomery Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Marbury Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Montgomery Gas-Light Co. v. Montgomery & Eufaula Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Southern Railway Co. v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. v. Pittsburgh & L. E. R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1906
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