Legal Opinion
Alabama Power Co. v. Pierre
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 6, 1938No. 1 Div. 2PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
W. A. Pierre and wife jointly owned a residence lot on Mobile Bay, upon which they erected a dwelling house, and purchased from the Alabama Power Company certain electrical fixtures. This house was destroyed by fire when practically com.pleted, and the Pierres brought this suit against the Power Company for damages thus suffered, charging that the loss of the house was caused by the negligence of the company’s employees while doing work in connection with the installation of some of the fixtures.
At the threshold of the case is the insistence that the defendant was due the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Southern Ry. Co. v. DicksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Birmingham Post Co. v. SturgeonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Dixie Stage Lines v. AndersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- General Exchange Ins. Corporation v. FindlaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Alabama Power Co. v. EmensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
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3Cited by28 opinions
- General Finance Corp. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
- Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. v. BiernbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Hall v. Integon Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Mills v. KraussDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
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