A. G. S. R. R. v. Hanbury
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. O. Lane. Action by Annie B. Hanbury, administratrix of tbe estate of Henry M. Hanbury, against tbe Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The counts of the complaint on which the cause was tried are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court, as are the facts in the case.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. O. Lane. Action by Annie B. Hanbury, administratrix of tbe estate of Henry M. Hanbury, against tbe Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The counts of the complaint on which the cause was tried are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court, as are the facts in the case. The following pleas were filed by the defendant, to which demurrers were sustained: “(3) Further answering each count of the complaint separately and severally, except count 20, defendant says that the accident…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
Near Woodstock, in Bibb county, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad and the Birmingham Mineral Railroad (the latter being a branch of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad) intersect each other at grade. The crossing is known as “Blocton Junction.’’ The course of the Alabama Great Southern, at the junction, is north and south, while that of the Birmingham Mineral is east and west. The plaintiff’s intestate, Henry M. Hanbury, was in the employment of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, as conductor of a passenger train, and on the 25th day of September, 1905, while the train of which he…
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