National Pyrites & Copper Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Horace C. Wilkinson, Judge. Action by J. E. Williams against the National Pyrites & Copper Company, for damages for personal injury. Judgment for the plaintiff. Application for new trial was made, and, pending its hearing, the judge vrho presided at the original trial died, and the motion was heard by his successor in office, and denied, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Horace C. Wilkinson, Judge. Action by J. E. Williams against the National Pyrites & Copper Company, for damages for personal injury. Judgment for the plaintiff. Application for new trial was made, and, pending its hearing, the judge vrho presided at the original trial died, and the motion was heard by his successor in office, and denied, and the defendant appeals. The following agreement was filed in this ease by the attorneys representing the appellee and the appellant: It is agreed by and between the parties to this cause that, after the trial of…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
[1] It is the settled, law in this state that a hill of exceptions derives its existence from the statute, and it cannot become such unless it is duly authenticated, and made a part of the record, as prescribed by the statute. Petty v. Dill, 53 Ala. 641; Edinburgh Co. v. Canterbury, 169 Ala. 444, 53 South. 823; King v. Hill, 163 Ala. 423, 51 South. 15; Smith v. State, 166 Ala. 24, 52 South. 396; Rainey v. Ridgeway, 151 Ala. 532, 43 South. 843; Leeth v. Sawyer, 2 Ala. App. 311, 56 South. 757; Thacker v. City of Selma, 16 Ala. App. 345, 77 South. 939.
[2] The presentation of a proposed bill of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Petty v. DillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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- Rainey v. RidgewaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
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- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
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