Legal Opinion

Littleton v. Alabama Power Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 3, 1942No. 5 Div. 369PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

The question here presented is the sufficiency of counts 1, A, B, C and D, on the demurrer assigned.

Count 1 alleges that an uninsulated wire line on premises not belonging to defendant was “maintained by defendant in close proximity to where children of tender years frequented in large numbers, and in a thickly populated residential community, and in close proximity to a public playground for children,” known to defendant, and that the injured child, seven years of age, was flying a kite by means of a string or otherwise, and that the string or kite came into contact with said…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Louisville N. R. Co. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  2. Dwight Mfg. Co. v. WordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Sheffield Co. v. MortonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  4. Znidersich v. Minnesota Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  5. Alabama Power Co. v. CurrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1934

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Alabama Power Co. v. BerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  3. Moseley v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  4. Alabama Power Co. v. IrwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  5. Looney v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998

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