Southern Express Co. v. Malone
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Morgan County; R. C. Brickell, Judge. Action by B. L. Malone against the Southern Express Company for damages for failure to deliver goods. From a judgment for plaintiff assessing damages in the sum of $490, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
This is a simple suit against a common carrier for the alleged negligent and wanton failure of the carrier to deliver a coil and magneto, within a reasonable time, whereby it is charged that plaintiff’s automobile was rendered useless for a long time. The record contains 92 pages, and the appellant assigns 81 errors, practically all of which are argued and insisted upon. Appellee’s counsel have not seen fit to file a brief in reply to the ¡superabundance of alleged errors that have been assigned 'by the appellant. We must therefore of necessity enter upon this mystic maze of technicalities,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Armstrong v. Montgomery Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Best Park & Amusement Co. v. RollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Coleman v. PepperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Briggs v. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Carr & Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Southern Express Co. v. RosemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Morgan v. EmbryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. WilliamsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
- Sexton v. South Central BellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Southern Express Co. v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918