Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Chamblee
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Amelia F. Chamblee, administratrix, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Amelia F. Chamblee, administratrix, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The fourth count, as amended, is as follows: “Plaintiff, suing as administratrix of the estate of W. M. Chamblee, deceased, claims of defendant the like sum of $20,-000 as damages, for that on, towit, the 17th day of October, 1907, the defendant ivas a corporation owning railroad shops in New Decatur, Alabama, and on said daté plaintiff’s intestate was on the premises of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Since the ruling in O’Kief v. M. & C. R. Co.,99 Ala.524,12 South.454,it has been established that the general statute of limitation of one year applies to bar a recovery for injury resulting in death, where the action is brought by the personal representative of the servant against the master under the employer’s liabilities statute (Code 1907, §§3910-3918). The two readoptions of the pertinent statutes, including the general limitation put upon actions for general injuries, without change important in this regard, remove the possible inquiry first presented in O’Kief v. M. & C. R. Co. from…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Rodman v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1902
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Geo. Pacific Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Robinson & Co. v. GreeneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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