Legal Opinion

City of Birmingham v. Levens

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 27, 1941No. 6 Div. 696PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries received by plaintiff due to having sustained a fall on the sidewalk in the city of Birmingham.

The questions relate to rulings on evidence, refused charges and overruling a motion for a new trial.

The evidence shows that about ten or eleven o’clock in the morning, plaintiff stopped her car parallel ■ with the curb, alighted on the right next to the curb, locked the door arid turned to go to a doctor’s office, and stumbled on an angle iron stake, two inches by a quarter of an inch, with one end embedded in the concrete sidewalk. It was…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. District of Columbia v. ArmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. City of Birmingham v. CarleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. Mayor of Birmingham v. StarrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Sullivan Timber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  5. Strickland v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. City of Bessemer v. ClowdusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Murray v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  3. City of Montgomery v. QuinnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Donaldson v. BuckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Harrison v. Woodley Square Apartments, Ltd.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982

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