Alabama Terminal R. R. v. Benns
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. Gwin. Action by W. E. Benns against the Alabama Terminal Railroad Company, for damages. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. Gwin. Action by W. E. Benns against the Alabama Terminal Railroad Company, for damages. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The complaint’ contained two counts, and as amended is as follows: Plaintiff claims of defendant * * * damages for that defendant in the construction of its railroad along the north side of Fourteenth street, and near the property line of said street in the city of Bessemer * . * * has erected a large, high embankment, for the main line of its railroad tracks, ranging from, to wit, 18 to 30 feet high…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
Action for damages for consequential injuries to property instituted by the property owner, the appellee, against appellant, which constructed an embankment, and a railroad thereupon, near plaintiff’s property. There was judgment for the plaintiff of $500.
The report of the appeal will contain counts 1 and 2, us last amended, avoiding repetition as far as may be, in their reproduction.
*597The trial court gave to the jury special charges lettered (by us for convenience) A to J, inclusive, and that lettered N. These instructions will be set out in the report of the appeal. These special instructions…
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