Carter v. Shugarman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. John. C. Pugh. Action by Mrs. Sol Shugarman against R. H. Carter and others, for damages for injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J.(1) The complaint charges that defendants’ servants in charge of the automobile, acting within the line and scope of their authority, “so carelessly and negligently operated and controlled the said automobile as to cause the same to run violently into, upon, or against the buggy in which plaintiff was riding, and as a proximate consequence thereof the plaintiff was thrown from the said buggy,” etc., and injured.
This language sufficiently shows the causal connection between the negligent act of defendants and the injury suffered by plaintiff and the demurrers were properly…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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