Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. v. Martin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for Damages for Destruction of Property by Fire. Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. B. C. Jones. ' Action by J. B. Martin, administrator, against the Birmingham Railway, Light- & Power Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The complaint in this canse contained two counts.
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Action for Damages for Destruction of Property by Fire. Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. B. C. Jones. ' Action by J. B. Martin, administrator, against the Birmingham Railway, Light- & Power Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The complaint in this canse contained two counts. The first count, after describing the kind and character of property destroyed and its location, averred negligence in the following words: “And the defendant negligently caused the destruction by fire of the plaintiff’s said property, to the great damage of plaintiff in…
1Opinion of the CourtWeakley, C. J.
— The judge of the city court of Bessemer, by virtue of section 18 of the act establishing that court (Acts 1900:Q1, p. 1863), had authority in term time to extend the time for signing á bill of exceptions, and his order, made before the expiration of 60 days next following the trial of the issues of fact, was efficacious to accomplish the extension. — Moss v. Mosley, post. — 41 South. 1012. The time was. further and properly éx-tended by successive argeements of counsel, and the bill was signed during the trial term before the expiration of the.period fixed in the last agreement and within…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Marbury Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Tanner's v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Birmingham Railway & Electric Co. v. BaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Callaway & Truitt v. GaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
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- Stewart v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Green v. Southern States Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
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