Alabama Power Co. v. Smith

409 So.2d 760 (1981)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

v.

Walter Lee SMITH and Mary Ruth Smith.

80-222.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 2, 1981.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1982.

C. William Gladden, Jr. and James A. Bradford of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Williams & Ward, Birmingham, for appellant.

Stephen D. Heninger and Alex W. Newton of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellees.

ADAMS, Justice.

This is a premises liability case. Plaintiffs Walter Lee Smith (Smith) and his wife, Mary Ruth Smith, complain that the defendant negligently operated its scales so that they were not reasonably safe…