Legal Opinion

Birmingham Electric Co. v. Linn

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 16, 1948No. 6 Div. 527PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

The plaintiff recovered a judgment in the court below for personal injuries.

Without dispute in the evidence she was a pasenger on defendant’s street car and while disembarking therefrom she fell.

The prime controverted factual issue is centered around the inquiry of whether or not the floor or tread portion of the step which was used for passenger alighting was in a defective condition.

The only question presented for our review by assignments of error is the action of the trial court in denying appellant’s motion for a new trial. The grounds thereof upon which insistence is made…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Fries v. Acme White Lead & Color WorksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  2. McLeod v. Shelly Manufacturing & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  3. William E. Harden, Inc. v. HardenAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  4. Slaughter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  5. Hodge v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Forest Investment Corp. v. Commercial Credit Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Shepherd v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  3. Pacifico v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  4. Simpson v. WardAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  5. Killian v. WebberAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951

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