West v. Spratling
Supreme Court of Alabama
. Appeal' from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nenia IC Spratling, as administratrix of the estate of B. B. Spratling, deceased-, against Mrs. D. P. West for damages for the death of her husband. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Plaintiff’s intestate’s death occurred in a hotel fire in the city of Montgomery in the daytime.
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. Appeal' from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nenia IC Spratling, as administratrix of the estate of B. B. Spratling, deceased-, against Mrs. D. P. West for damages for the death of her husband. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Plaintiff’s intestate’s death occurred in a hotel fire in the city of Montgomery in the daytime. The building was a' three-story building known as the Windsor Hotel, owned by defendant in this case, and the plaintiff’s intestate was a conductor on the Western Railway of Alabama, living in Atlanta', but occupying a…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeeville, J.
[1] The only objection urged against the sufficiency of the third count of the complaint, which is based upon the alleged violation of defendant’s duty, under section 7095 of the Code, “to have securely fixed and conveniently arranged so as to be accessible to persons lodging in * * * such building, * * * good and sufficient fire escapes or ladders for each story of said building,” is that it charges that defendant’s hotel was not equipped with good and sufficient fire escapes “located securely and conveniently arranged.” Defendant’s theory is that the use of the phrase “located securely,”…
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