Legal Opinion

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Traylor

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 7, 1940No. 6 Div. 508PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Two propositions are insisted upon by appellant: (1) That appellant is not liable to a person walking along the sidewalk for personal injuries caused by the falling of a sign belonging to a subtenant of a portion of the interior of the storehouse which appellant had rented and was occupying the balance of it, when the sign which fell had with appellant's consent been attached to that of appellant's extending over the sidewalk, and which fell apparently because the frame in which appellant's sign was bound, and to which the subtenant's sign was attached had partially decayed; and (2) that if…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jennings v. . Van SchaickNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. Dalay v. SavageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  3. Carter v. FranklinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Morgan v. SheppardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  5. Walker v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1926

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Johnson Publishing Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. American Southern Insurance Co. v. Dime Taxi Svc., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  3. Southeastern Greyhound Lines v. CallahanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  4. Fuller v. Preferred Risk Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  5. Chambers v. BuettnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975

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