Legal Opinion

Claude Jones & Son v. Lair

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 13, 1944No. 8 Div. 269PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

The first question on this appeal relates to the sufficiency of the complaint on demurrer.

Plaintiff driving a car at night ran into a truck of defendants parked on the side of a public highway. The suit was tried! on counts 4, 5 and 6, and the question is-their sufficiency on the demurrer.

The breach of duty in each count is that defendants, their agent, servant or employee, etc., “left, permitted or suffered an automobile or truck to be parked in or on said highway at night without proper lights, torch or warning signal.”

The first question raised is whether that is the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. CrockerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  2. Jackson v. VaughnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. McPherson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  4. Watts v. Montgomery Traction Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  5. Louisville N. R. Co. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. BrowningSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  2. Ray v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  3. HARVEY REGLAND COMPANY v. NewtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  4. Arrick v. FanningAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
  5. McGough Bakeries Corporation v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948

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