Legal Opinion · Dissent

Prather v. Nashville Bridge Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 9, 1970No. 6 Div. 624Published

1DissentHarwood, Justice

A majority of the court has this day denied the application for rehearing filed in this case.

*7I dissented from the opinion and judgment affirming the judgment in this cause, but did not set forth my reasons for dissenting. It was my conclusion then, and still is, that the action of the jurors in interrogating various witnesses went beyond permissible limits. If this be so, then the plaintiff did not receive a trial free of prejudicial matter. To this she was entitled.

I am dissenting from the action of a majority of my brethren in denying the application for rehearing. I would grant the same…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State of Missouri v. SicklesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1926
  2. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. JenningsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Bayliss MacHine & Welding Co. v. Huntsville Ice & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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