Legal Opinion
Alabama Power Co. v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 11, 1934No. 6 Div. 585PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Action for personal injuries from electric shock and burns.
The pertinent facts determinative of the sole question presented’ on this appeal are briefly these:
Cane Creek Coal Company was operating a coal mine; owned and rented to its employees certain residences near the mines. The Alabama Power Company furnished the coal company electric energy to operate the mine and light the residences in this saining village. This electric current, 2,300 volts, was released at the substation of Alabama Power Company about a mile from this village, and conveyed over the wire of the coal…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Steenhuis v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Brush Electric Light & Power Co. v. LefevreTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Dwight Mfg. Co. v. WordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Sheffield Co. v. MortonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Chambers v. CoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Le Vonas v. Acme Paper Board Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- Alabama Power Company v. MosleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Alabama Power Company v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
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