Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Holland
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speak®. Action by W. T. Holland, as administrator, against tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for death of his intestate. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speak®. Action by W. T. Holland, as administrator, against tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for death of his intestate. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Count I) is as follows: “The plaintiff, W. T. Holland, as administrator of the estate of Ranzy L. Holland, deceased, claims of the defendant, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation, the sum of $25,000, for this: That, whereas, said defendant was, is now, and had been theretofore on, to wit, the 6th day of March, 1908, engaged…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
A report of the former appeal of this cause may be found in 164 Ala. 73, 51 South. 365, 137 Am. St. Rep. 25.
After remandment, the plaintiff withdrew all of the counts theretofore in the pleading, and amended the complaint by adding counts A, B, C, and D. Count A was later withdrawn, and this action took out of the case the issues made by special pleas 2 to 7, inclusive, to that count only, leaving the general traverse of counts B, C, and D, as presenting the issues finally submitted to the jury. These counts (B, G, and D) proceed on the theory of misconduct or omission after discovery of…
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