Legal Opinion

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Smalley

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 8, 1934No. 6 Div. 457PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICE, Judge.

It is our opinion, and we hold, that the witness Carlyle, appellant’s store manager, was, under the testimony, for the purposes here involved, appellant’s alter ego, or principal. Southern Bell Telephone Co. v. Francis, 109 Ala. 224, 242, 19 So. 1, 31 L. R. A. 193, 55 Am. St. Rep. 930.

It results that, appellee’s testimony being, obviously, more than a “scintilla,” there was no error in refusing the general affirmative charge, duly requested by appellant, as to any of the counts of the complaint; nor as to the complaint as a whole. Norwood Hospital v. Brown, 219 Ala. 445, 122 So.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Southern Bell Telephone Co. v. FrancisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  2. Beckwith v. BeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Norwood Hospital v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  4. Futvoye v. ChuitesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  5. Central Iron & Coal Co. v. WrightAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Keller v. Safeway Stores, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Jones v. DanielAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. SmalleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Finklea v. BrunsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1942
  5. Volunteer State Life Ins. Co. v. DanleyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

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