Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. Ambrose
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before H'ou. William Jackson. Action by W. L. Ambrose, as administrator, against the Alabama, Great Southern Railway Company, for damages for the death of his intestate. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. — Counsel insist that under section 4207, Code of 1896, as amended by General Acts 1903, p. 182, the court improperly sustained demurrers to defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before H'ou. William Jackson. Action by W. L. Ambrose, as administrator, against the Alabama, Great Southern Railway Company, for damages for the death of his intestate. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. — Counsel insist that under section 4207, Code of 1896, as amended by General Acts 1903, p. 182, the court improperly sustained demurrers to defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction. They also cite in this connection sec. 1751, Code 1896. Counsel discuss other matters assigned as error and cite authority in support of same, but it is deemed…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— This action is by the appellee against the appellant for damages on account of a personal injury to plaintiff’s intestate, resulting in his death. Pleas to the jurisdiction -were interposed, alleging,that • the injury occurred in Bibb county, that the intestate resided in said county, and said administrator, the plaintiff, also resided in said county. Demurrers were interposed to said pleas, which demurrers were sustained.
Section 4207 of Code of 1896 provided that “a foreign or domestic corporation may be sued in any county in which it does business by agent.” The act of March 5, 1903,…
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