Taylor v. General Refrigeration Sales Co.

KNIGHT, Justice.

This is the second appeal in this case. General Refrigeration Sales Co. v. Taylor, 229 Ala. 479, 158 So. 314, 315.

The cause was tried on each occasion in the court below upon the plea of the general issue, and the statutes of limitations of one year. The only defense really insisted upon by the defendant in the lower court was presented by its plea of the general issue.

The question turned upon whether the driver of the car, who, it is alleged, so negligently operated it, that, as a- proximate consequence of such negligence the plaintiff was caused to suffer the injuries…