Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Taylor
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Action by George W. Taylor against the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, for damages for personal injuries and to property. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following are the charges given for plaintiff: “(1) If the jury believe that witness Floyd Spain testified willfully falsely as to any material fact in this case, then they are authorized to disregard his entire testimony.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Action by George W. Taylor against the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, for damages for personal injuries and to property. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following are the charges given for plaintiff: “(1) If the jury believe that witness Floyd Spain testified willfully falsely as to any material fact in this case, then they are authorized to disregard his entire testimony. “(2) If the jury believe from the testimony in this case that Engineer Phillips testified willfully falsely as to any material facts…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKEB, P. J. —
This was an action by the appellee to recover damages for injuries to his person and property resulting from a collision in a street in the city of Birmingham between a delivery wagon, which he was driving, and an engine of the defendant, which was being operated across the street. In the several counts of the complaint upon which the case went to the jury *630the injuries complained of were attributed, respectively, to the simple negligence, charged in general terms, of the defendants servants, agents, or employees.in charge of the engine in causing the collision, to their…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ragland v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Kress v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SealeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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