White Swan Laundry Co. v. Wehrhan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; C. B. Smith, Judge. Suit by Eua Wehrhan against the White Swan Laundry Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals of Alabama under section 6, Act April 18, 1911 (Laws 1911, p. 449).
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This suit was for personal injuries to a child 11 years of age, caused by collision with defendant’s motor truck while plaintiff was crossing a public thoroughfare in the city of Birmingham.
By the application of old legal principles to the frequent use of public thoroughfares by motor vehicles, certain regulatory requirements are recognized as attaching and giving rise to mutual duties between travelers on such thoroughfares, the observance of which duties is important to conserve the public safety. The courts applying these rules have announced:
[1] 1. That, while public highways are open to…
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