Meharg v. Alabama Power Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Talladega. County; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge. Action by B. F. Meharg against the Alabama Power Company. From the judgment, rendered, plaintiff appeals, and the cause was-' submitted under rule 46 (175 Ala. xxi, 65-South. vii).
1Opinion of the Court
This case was submitted and considered -under rule 46 (65 South, vii 1 ), and the opinion of the court was delivered By
Mr. Chief Justice ANDERSON:
The counts of the complaint practically embodied the material parts of plea 8 in the case of Burnett v. Ala. Power Co., 74 South. 459, 2 and thus, in effect, negatived any right to recover as for a public nuisance in the construction and maintenance of the dam. While some of the counts charged a negligent failure to clear the ground of timber, etc., before the construction of the said dam, they charge that the proximate cause of the injury was from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Richards v. Washington Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Calvo v. . DaviesNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Hamilton v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Kirkland v. PilcherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
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- City of Bessemer v. ChambersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Wheeler v. River Falls Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Battles v. Pierson Chevrolet, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1973
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