Legal Opinion
Roll v. Dockery
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 23, 1929No. 6 Div. 359PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The judgment was for defendant.
When the verdict is against plaintiff’s right of recovery, a ruling of the court upon the admission of evidence, or giving or refusing instructions relating to the amount of recoverable damages, cannot be the basis of reversal. Pulliam v. Schimpf, 109 Ala. 179, 19 So. 428; Wilson Bros. v. Mobile & O. R. Co., 208 Ala. 581, 94 So. 721; Brothers v. Norris, 209 Ala. 426, 96 So. 328; Orr v. Burleson, 214 Ala. 257, 107 So. 825.
The verdict for defendant under counts of the complaint charging that defendant entered upon plaintiff’s land, and cut and removed timber…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Putnam v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Acklen's v. HickmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Atlanta & Birmingham A. L. Ry. v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. AbernathySupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. RiccardiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Bendett v. BendettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Davidson v. VastSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- Jones v. Americar, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- Fisher v. SwartzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
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