Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Western Railway of Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 12, 1968No. 6 Div. 498PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
Paula Morrison Ritter, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, filed a suit against the Western Railway of Alabama, a Corporation, and the Central of Georgia Railway Company, a Corporation, seeking damages for the death of her husband.
Count 1 averred that the defendants were common carriers engaged in the business of transporting freight for hire in interstate commerce; that the defendants owned or operated a railroad yard in Montgomery County, Alabama, known as the “Montgomery Joint Yard of the Western Railway of Alabama and Central of Georgia Railway…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Baker v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Eagle Iron Co. v. BaughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Ford Motor Co. v. Hall Auto Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Pepperell Manufacturing Co. v. Alabama National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Meriwether v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
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