Legal Opinion
Hulsey v. Illinois Central Rr. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 21, 1941No. 6 Div. 890PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, Justice
The appeal challenges .the giving of the affirmative charge for the appellee. Such is the only assignment of error.
The rule of sudden emergency was recently considered in Green, Adm’x, v. City of Birmingham et al., Ala. Sup., 4 So.2d 394; 1 and by Chief Justice McClellan the case of Central of Georgia Ry. Co., v. Foshee, 125 Ala. 199, 27 So. 1006; The Bywell Castle, L.R. 4 Prob.Div. 219, 222.
Judged by the rule, where the party injured was suddenly “placed by the wrong of the defendant in a position of extreme and imminent peril necessitating to his extrication quick decision and action on his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. FosheeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Johnson v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1940
- Rowe v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. R. L. Cooper Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. GriffinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Elba Wood Products, Inc. v. BrackinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Simon v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Scotch Lumber Co. v. BaughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- Woodward Iron Co. v. GoolsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. SundaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
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