Coffman v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court. Heard, before Hou. D. W. Speaks. Action by Lawrence D. Coffman, individually and for the use of the American Home Fire Insurance Company, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court. Heard, before Hou. D. W. Speaks. Action by Lawrence D. Coffman, individually and for the use of the American Home Fire Insurance Company, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The complaint alleges in effect that'plaintiff was the owner of a certain storehouse on the west side of the tracks of defendant in the village of Veto, Ala., about 42 feet from the side track of defendant; that said storehouse and building contained a stock of general merchandise and fixtures, and a side room connected…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENFIED, J.
— The plaintiff, Lawrence D. Coffman, brought this suit for his own benefit and for the benefit of the American Home Fire Insurance Company, of Greenville; S. C. Certain property of the plaintiff, which he had insured against loss by fire in the said American Home Fire Insurance Company, was destroyed by fire. The plaintiff’s said insurance amounted to $2,000, and he is of the opinion that the said property so insured and so destroyed by fire was worth about $4,000. Shortly after the property was burned, the said insurance company paid to the plaintiff the said sum of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Marbury Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Long v. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- McCary v. Ala. Gt. South. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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