Legal Opinion

Sinclair v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 7, 1937No. 6 Div. 992PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

This action was commenced in the circuit court of Jefferson county by Vera Taylor, a negro girl, a minor under 21 years of age, who sued by her next friend, Dave Young, against Pauline G. Sinclair individually and doing business as the A. F. Sinclair Transfer Company, for injuries suffered November 21, 1934. Verdict and judgment was for the plaintiff.

The trial was had on count A as last amended. Demurrer to this count was overruled, and the parties pleaded in short by consent.

Assignments of error challenge the action of the trial court in declining to enter a mistrial on…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  2. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. DrennenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Birmingham Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. BlackwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  4. American Ry. Express Co. v. ReidSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  5. Wolffe v. MinnisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. HARVEY REGLAND COMPANY v. NewtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  2. Birmingham Electric Co. v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Alabama Gas Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  4. Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  5. Langley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1945

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