Dorminey v. City of Montgomery

KNIGHT, Justice.

The court below sustained the demurrer of the city of Montgomery to plaintiff’s amended dbmplaint, and the plaintiff, on account of this adverse ruling of the court, suffered a nonsuit, with an appeal on the record.

The demurrer filed by the defendant to the amended complaint takes the point that the installing and maintenance of traffic signal lights' by the city was the exercise of a governmental function, under its police power, with the view of regulating traffic at the points where the signals were installed, and to conserve the safety of the public making use of said…