Yolande Coal & Coke Co. v. Norwood
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Tuscaloosa Gouuty Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Action by F. M. Norwood against the Yolande Coal • & Coke Company, for injury to person and property. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa Gouuty Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Action by F. M. Norwood against the Yolande Coal • & Coke Company, for injury to person and property. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The court erred in overruling demurrer to count M. — City D. C’o. v. Henry, 139 Ala. 161; Mayer Go. v. Thompson, 104 Ala. 611. The count should have been stricken. — Ala-. G. G. & I. Go. v. Heald, 45 South. 691. Count M. was in trespass and the defendant was entitled to the affirmative charge. — City D. Go. v. Henry supra. If the count was in case the defendant was entitled to…
1Opinion of the Court
db GRAFFENRIED, J.
The plaintiff, appellee here, sued the defendant, the appellant here, for damages which he alleges he received to his person and his property hy reason of the negligence of a servant of the defendant while engaged in the defendant’s service, and while acting within the scope of his employment.
There were numerous counts to the complaint; but the court, in charging the jury, eleminated from their consideration all of the counts, except count M, which alleges in substance, that on or about the 10th day of September, 1908, the defendant, its servants or agents, while acting…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- City Delivery Co. v. HenrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Alabama Midland Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Morrissett v. WoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Mahoney v. O'LearySupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
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