Legal Opinion
Mobile Electric Co. v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 31, 1923No. 1 Div. 235PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit is against a public service corporation for damages caused by cutting off electric current from plaintiff’s residence, to which current had been theretofore furnished by defendant.
The trial was upon counts 1 and 2 as last amended, pleas of the general issue (1 and 2), and special plea setting out provisions of the contract for the service, which, it is averred, authorized the defendant to cut out current for cause averred in the plea.
Defendant filed several grounds of demurrer to said counts that were overruled. It is insisted that the demurrer should have been sustained, whether the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Wilkinson v. SearcySupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Saunders v. McDonoughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Elliott v. HowisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Parisian Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Birmingham Ry., Light & Power Co. v. LittletonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Alvin Lucas, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Wisconsin Electric Power Company, a Wisconsin Public Utility CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Lowery v. MaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Brown-Marx Associates, Ltd. And Gary E. Smith v. Emigrant Savings Bank and Prudential Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Coosa Valley Telephone Company v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Birmingham Gas Co. v. McKinleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
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