City of Birmingham v. Bowen
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
Appeal by the City of Birmingham, Alabama, from a judgment for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff for the negligence of the City in failing to properly maintain a walkway over a water drain on 20th Street.
The governing rule is well understood. It was the duty of the City to exercise reasonable care in maintaining said sewer so that the public might use the walkway in safety. City of Birmingham v. Mauzey, 214 Ala. 476, 108 So. 382(10); City of Birmingham v. Crane, 175 Ala. 90, 56 So. 723.
In such an action, the burden is on the plaintiff to establish that the City…
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Birmingham Ry. Light & Power Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. McWhorterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Hale v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Russo v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
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