Collier v. Coggins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall county. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. This was an action brought by the appellee, W. M. Coggins, against H. J. Collier, Allison, Schaeffer & Co., The Tennessee & Coosa River Railway Company, and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company; and sought to recover for personal injuries, alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff while in the employ of H. J. Collier, by reason of alleged negligence of coemployés.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall county. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. This was an action brought by the appellee, W. M. Coggins, against H. J. Collier, Allison, Schaeffer & Co., The Tennessee & Coosa River Railway Company, and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company; and sought to recover for personal injuries, alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff while in the employ of H. J. Collier, by reason of alleged negligence of coemployés. The allegations of negligence contained in the three counts of the complaint are sufficiently stated in the opinion.…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
This cause was submitted on a motion to dismiss the appeal, and if that is overruled, then upon its merits. The judgment was rendered in the circuit court on the 4th day of April, 1893. The appeal and supersedeas bond were filed on the 2d day of May, and by statute, the appeal was returnable to this court on the 29th day of May afterwards, that being the first Monday after the expiration of twenty days from the date of the appeal. — Code of 1886, § 3620. The transcript for the appeal was filed in this court on the 5th day of December, 1893.
It is evident that there is an error as to the date…
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