Legal Opinion
Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Conner
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 5, 1933No. 6 Div. 330PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
Count G, upon which the cause was tried, differing from the complaint considered on former appeal (Conner v. Central of Georgia R. Co., 221 Ala. 358, 128 So. 789), seeks recovery for a breach of a special contract in effect guaranteeing to plaintiff that connection would be made between the trains at Birmingham on her interstate journey from Alexander City, Ala., to Amite, La. The validity of this contract is challenged as violative of the federal statute declaring it unlawful for any common carrier “to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Interstate Com. Commiss. v. B. & O. RAILROADSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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