Legal Opinion
Laney v. Jefferson County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 30, 1947No. 6 Div. 575PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Justice.
This is a suit by plaintiff, as administrator, under the homicide statute for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. The suit is against Jefferson County and another acting as agent of the county. Jefferson County alone demurred, and it was sustained, leaving the suit to continue against the agent. Plaintiff took a nonsuit to review the ruling on demurrer, and assigns it as error in respect to each count of the complaint.
Counts 1 and 3 allege that Jefferson County was operating a hospital in Birmingham, known as the Jefferson Hospital, as “a proprietary…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hollenbeck v. County of WinnebagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Askew v. Hale CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Henderson v. Twin Falls CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1935
- Tucker v. Mobile Infirmary Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Norton v. LuskSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Hutchinson v. Board of Trustees of University of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Lorence v. Hospital Bd. of Morgan CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Rogers v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Chism v. Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
- Paul v. Escambia County Hospital BoardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
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