Legal Opinion

Wood Lumber Co. v. Bruce

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 17, 1963No. 6 Div. 652PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants from judgment granting plaintiff’s motion for new trial in an action for personal injury to plaintiff which was allegedly caused by the negligence of defendants in causing or allowing a truck, of which they were in control, to collide with the automobile in which plaintiff was riding on a public highway.

The action is against two defendants, namely, the corporate master and its servant, Olivia Hill, who was driving the truck.

The cause was submitted to the jury on Count One which, with omission of the catalogue of plaintiff’s injuries, recites as…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Watts v. Montgomery Traction Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  2. Mobile City Lines, Inc. v. ProctorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  3. William E. Harden, Inc. v. HardenAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  4. Stewart v. SmithAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
  5. Motor Terminal & Transportation Co. v. MillicanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Humphrey v. BoschungCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
  2. Coleman v. TaberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  3. City of Montgomery v. BennettCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  4. Brown v. Gold Kist, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  5. Humphrey v. BoschungCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970

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