Atlanta & St. A. B. Ry. Co. v. Hodges
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Oircuit Court, Houston. County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. < Action for damages by H. C. Hodges against the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Oircuit Court, Houston. County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. < Action for damages by H. C. Hodges against the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The giving of the charge, at plaintiff’s request, to the effect that, if the engineer did not reverse his engine and the- failure to reverse was the cause of the killing of the bull, then the plaintiff was entitled to.recover, was reversible error. 153 Ala. 139, 44 South. 963, 14 L. It. A. (N. S.) 261. The defendant was due the general affirmative charge. 179 Ala. 162, 59 South. 640, 46 L.…
1Opinion of the CourtBbicken, P. J.
This action originated in the justice court of beat 3 in Houston county, and'judgment by default was rendered for plaintiff for the amount sued for. From this judgment an appeal was taken to the circuit court, and a jury trial was there demanded by plaintiff.
In ,the circuit court the cause was tried and judgment rendered for plaintiff on August 16, 1921, from which judgment this appeal is taken.
[1, 2] On the merits of the case: The first insistence of error is that the trial court erred in sustaining the plaintiff’s’objection to that portion of the evidence of the witness Livingston wherein…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. SheltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Crawley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
- Cassells' Mill v. Strater Bros. Grain Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Box v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Ala. Great Southern Railroad v. MoodySupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- Perry v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1949
- Louisville Nashville Railroad Co. v. MorrisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967