Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Richie
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham". Tried before the Hon. ¥m. W. Wilicerson. This action was brought by the appellee, William E. Richie, against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of .the defendant or of its employes.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham". Tried before the Hon. ¥m. W. Wilicerson. This action was brought by the appellee, William E. Richie, against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of .the defendant or of its employes. The appellee was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant, and while engaged in uncoupling some cars at a station along the defendant’s road, he had his left arm mashed at the elbow joint so badly that it necessitated amputation, the injury occuring. after he had drawn the…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The action is to recover damages for personal injuries. The pleadings have been somewhat changed, since the case was here on a former appeal, but the evidence is very near the same. — 99 Ala. 346. The injury occurred while the plaintiff, who was a brakeman, was between moving cars. For a special plea, the defendant set out a rule of the company, which, among other things, prohibited employes “from getting between moving cars,, while in motion, to uncouple them." To this special plea the plaintiff filed a replication, which, in substance, averred that, at the time and place where the injury…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Geo. Pacific Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. BurtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Warden v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Andrews v. Birmingham Mineral RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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- Mobile Light R. Co. v. GallaschSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923