Peters v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Jefferson- Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman. Tliis suit, was brought by tlie appellant-,. Joseph A. Peters, against the Southern Railway Company'to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in-the opinion.
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Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Jefferson- Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman. Tliis suit, was brought by tlie appellant-,. Joseph A. Peters, against the Southern Railway Company'to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in-the opinion. The appeal is prosecuted from a judgment in favor of the defendant. cited M. & G. R. &. Go. i\ Martin, 117 Ala. 384; Haley v. K. G., M. & B. R. R. Go., 113 Ala. 640; L. & X. R. R. Go. v. Webb, 97 Ala. 308; Growley v. L. & X. R. R. Go., 55 S. W. Rep. 434; Railway Go. v. Letsoh, 55 S. W. Rep. 584; Magar r.…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received hv the plaintiff, appellant here, from being run against and struck by defendant’s locomotive. The complaint contained three counts, the first charging wanton or willful injury, and the second and third alleging simple negligence. In the second count the place of the accident is alleged to have been “at or near Gate City,” and while plaintiff was crossing defendant's track, without averring that Gate City was a city, town or village. In the third count, the place of the accident is alleged to have been in a “certain village,…
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