Gobble v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
From the averments of the bill (demurrer to which was overruled), it appears that Mrs. Rhea Carson, while a gratuitous passenger in J. B. Bradford’s automobile, sustained injuries to her person by reason of a collision occurring between Bradford’s ear and a truck of Adam Gobble, for which she recovered in separate suits damages against Bradford in the sum of $2,000, and against Gobble $700. There was but one tort, a single injury from an indivisible'cause of action, though separate suits, and Mrs. Carson was entitled to but one satisfaction (Vandiver v. Pollak, 107 Ala. 547,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Ellis v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1918
- Vandiver & Co. v. PollakSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Macon Railway & Light Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Mitchell v. RaymondWisconsin Supreme Court · 1923
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