Legal Opinion
Worthington v. Davis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 16, 1922No. 6 Div. 685PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Thomas Worthington brings this suit against James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, as agent, under section 206 of the Transportation Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 461), operating the systems of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Southern Railway Company, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, and Seaboard Air Line Railway Company.
The plaintiff sought damages for the violation or breach of a duty alleged to have grown out of a contract for the erection of the Twenty-Eirst Street viaduct or bridge in the city of Birmingham, across the tracks of these railroads, which was made and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Highland Avenue & Belt Railroad v. DusenberrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Del Genovese v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Merrill v. Sheffield Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Powell v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- B'ham Ry. L. & P. Co. v. NicholasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
- Paterson & Edey Lumber Co. v. Carolina-Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Lambert v. JeffersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Alabama Power Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- Peck v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
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