Legal Opinion

Van Landingham v. Alabama Great Southern R. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 21, 1942No. 6 Div. 950PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff (appellant here) sued the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company for damages resulting from a collision between defendant’s train and 'his automobile. During the progress of the cause plaintiff amended the complaint by striking from defendant’s name the words “Alabama Great” and leaving the name of defendant as the “Southern Railroad Company”. As we read the record, the defendant intended to be substituted was not properly described by the amendment. It appears the correct name is “Southern -Railway Company” and not “Southern Railroad Company”. We lay no…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Manistee Mill Co. v. HobdySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  2. Roth v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  3. Springer v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  4. Ewart v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  5. West v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. City of Bessemer v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  2. Lipscomb v. Bessemer Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  3. Taylor v. RileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  4. Humphrey v. PossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  5. R. L. Turner Motors v. HilkeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954

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