Legal Opinion
Spivy-Johnson Portrait Co. v. Belt Automobile Indemnity Ass'n
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 17, 1924No. 6 Div. 993PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The action is founded on an automobile fire insurance policy. Common counts and counts in trover were added, relating to the same subject-matter. The appeal is from the judgment of the court below granting a new trial on motion of defendant.
One ground of the motion was that the verdict was excessive.
This court will not disturb the action of the court below in such cases unless the evidence plainly and palpably supports the verdict. Cobb v. Malone, 92 Ala. 630, 9 South. 738; Newman v. Morgan, 202 Ala. 606, 81 South. 548.
This issue brings before us the question of the amount recoverable under…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Georgia Home Insurance v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Newman v. MorganSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Riverside Development Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by7 opinions
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. CorbettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
- Pritchett v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2002
- Coffman v. FoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Home Ins. Co. of New York v. TumlinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama v. BowenCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1976
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