Legal Opinion

Crim v. Louisville N. R. R. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 13, 1921No. 5 Div. 745PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Chilton County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by .Sarah Crim, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for the death of her intestate. Judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Chilton County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by .Sarah Crim, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for the death of her intestate. Judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Crim, the intestate, and Parrish were dispatchers on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at a point in Chilton, which was an order point handling orders for intrastate and interstate trains, each working his separate trick. Parrish became ill, and suffered from delusions at times, and at other times was…

1Opinion of the Court

The suit filed August 19, 1918, was by a personal representative for the death of plaintiff's intestate from injury inflicted on February 8, 1918, while discharging his duties as telegraph operator in an office of the transportation department of the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company.

The judgment entry of date of February 12, 1919, recites that —

"Walker D. Hines, as Director General of Railroads, is substituted for Louisville Nashville Railroad Company, and notice is ordered issued to Walker D. Hines that he has been substituted as defendant in this cause, and this cause is continued by…

2Cases cited91 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  3. Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. United States v. GrimaudSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  5. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Louisville N. R. Co. v. ShikleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Watts v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  3. Hines v. MiniardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  4. Moon v. HinesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  5. Southern Ry. Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922

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