Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. Appleton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Action by H. L. Appleton against tbe Alabama City, Gadsden & Attalla Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Action by H. L. Appleton against tbe Alabama City, Gadsden & Attalla Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Count 11 is as follows: “Plaintiff claims of defendant, a corporation, the sum of $10,000 as damages, for this: On or about the 23d day of September, 1906, the defendant was engaged in operating an electric power plant in the city of Gadsden, from which defendant furnished electricity to arc lights to light the streets of said city, and also to incandescent lamps or globes for lighting the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Action .by husband (appellee) for losses occasioned him in consequence of personal injury wrongfully inflicted, it is alleged, by the defendant’s negligent act or omission, of an electric “droplight” installed by defendant in the barn of plaintiff; the contact being afforded by the wife’s efford to turn on light in the usual way.
A number of errors assigned and insisted upon in brief relate to the rulings on the admission of evidence,’ and to instructions to the jury, with respect to the elements, character, and measure of damages recoverable in actions of this nature. The general subject was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Donnell v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
- Denver Consolidated Electric Co. v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- Denver Consolidated Electric Co. v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Colorado · 1903
- Alexander v. Nanticoke Light Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Culver v. Alabama Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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- Moseley v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1945
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