Legal Opinion

Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Johns

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 6, 1958No. 3 Div. 696PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.; This is an action by the administrator of the estate of J. A. Johns, deceased, to recover damages from Louisville and Nashville’ Railroad Company, a corporation, for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, who was run over by the cars of defendant on its .tracks in Evergreen, Alabama.

On the former appeal, Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Johns, 258 Ala. 440, 63 So.2d 574, 578, we held there was a fatal variance between the pleading and proof in that all counts of the complaint alleged that deceased was injured while he was crossing the tracks of defendant, but the “ * * * proof * * *…

2Cases cited66 opinions

  1. City Delivery Co. v. HenrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  2. City of Tuscaloosa v. FairSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Glass v. Memphis & Charleston RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  4. Southern Bell Telephone Co. v. FrancisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  5. L. & N. R. R. v. CalvertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Martin v. Dade Muck Land Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
  2. Jackson Lumber Co. v. Walton CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1928
  3. Ceres Terminals, Inc. v. Chicago City Bank & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  4. McKenzie v. KillianSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
  5. Walker v. Capstone Building Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2012

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