ALA. GREAT SOUTHERN R. CO. v. Sumter Plywood Corp.

On this appeal we decide whether a contract which relieves a party from the consequences of its own negligence is enforceable. Judgment in favor of Sumter Plywood Corporation, plaintiff below, and against Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, defendant below, in the amount of $21,798.31 was entered upon stipulated facts. We affirm.

The facts, as stipulated and submitted to the trial court by the parties, are:

"1. That attached hereto and marked `Exhibit A' is a true and correct copy of an agreement entered into by and between the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, as party of the first…