Watson v. Oxanna Land Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeals from tbe City Court of Anniston. Tried before the Hon. B. F. Oassady. Both of these cases were submitted together. In the lower court they were each tried without the intervention of a jury, and the court rendered judgment for the defendant in each case; and on these appeals the judgment in each case is assigned as error. The facts are set forth at length in the opinion. cited O'Brien v. Tatum, 84 Ala. 186; It. It. Go. v. Arnold, 84 Ala. 159; liwy.
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Appeals from tbe City Court of Anniston. Tried before the Hon. B. F. Oassady. Both of these cases were submitted together. In the lower court they were each tried without the intervention of a jury, and the court rendered judgment for the defendant in each case; and on these appeals the judgment in each case is assigned as error. The facts are set forth at length in the opinion. cited O'Brien v. Tatum, 84 Ala. 186; It. It. Go. v. Arnold, 84 Ala. 159; liwy. Go. v. Thompson, 'll Ala. 448; B. It. Go. v. McLendon, 63 Ala. 266; McCarlton v. F., L. <& S. Go., 99 Mass. 216; Gross v. Rwy. Go., 13…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J.-
-These cases were submitted together as one case, and while perhaps they should not have been so submitted, they will be treated in one opinion, though separately for the most part.
They are actions by Watson against the Oxanna Land Co. and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Co., respectively, for personal injuries suffered by reason of a defect in a bridge on the right of way of the railroad company, and leading from its track, across a small stream, into a hotel of the land company, in which also were the ticket office and baggage room of the railroad company.…
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- South & North Ala. Railroad v. McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Montgomery & Eufaula Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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- Parsons v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
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