McCoy v. L. & N. R. R.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action by Dollie McCoy, administratrix of the estate of Mattie Osby, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are sufficiently-stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action by Dollie McCoy, administratrix of the estate of Mattie Osby, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are sufficiently-stated in the opinion of the court. The awarding of costs, on appeal to the supreme court i« within the discretion of the court. — Paulding v. Johnston, 21’ Ala.,-279; Rainey v. Ramey, 35 Ala. 282: Conner v. Armstrong, 91 Ala. 265 (9 So. 816). In construing a statute, the intention of the makers of the law is as much…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
This action is by Dollie McCoy, as the administratrix of the estate of Mattie Osby, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, and which were received in a collision which occurred in- the village of East Birmingham between a locomotive of the defendant and a street car of the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company at a crossing of the two roads at grade. The plaintiff’s intestate 'was a passenger on the street car. The complaint in one count ascribes the collision to the negligence of the…
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