Legal Opinion

Bankers' Mortgage Bond Co. v. Sproull

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 5, 1929No. 6 Div. 420PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAXRE, ■ J.

Appellee’s complaint alleged that she had been caused to fall down stairs and suffer injuries by the negligence of appellant in allowing water to accumulate and remain on- the steps of the building occupied in part by appellant and in a different part of which appellee was employed, rendering them wet, slippery, and dangerous. Defendant appeals.

Two questions are presented: (1) Whether appellant was entitled to the general affirmative charge duly requested; and (2) whether the court erred in admitting evidence of appellee’s average earnings as tending to prove the proper measure of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sparks v. McCrearySupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  2. Baxter v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. Beck v. West & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  4. Perfection Mattress & Spring Co. v. DupreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  5. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. DennisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  2. Simmons v. LeightonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. GambrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  4. Byre v. WieczorekSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Southern Railway Company v. StallingsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958

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