Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. Alabama Power Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 19, 1948No. 6 Div. 611PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAKELY, Justice.

Liston R. Montgomery, Lester Montgomery, Edward Montgomery, Cecil Montgomery and Mrs. C. C. Hollingsworth brought a suit against the Alabama Power Company for damages for trespass upon certain lands, described in the complaint and located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The defendant filed a motion to transfer the cause to the equity side of the docket and alleged in substance matters which it considered sufficient to present an equitable question for decision which should or would dispose of the cause and which could not be asserted on the law side of the court. For reasons…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jones v. New Orleans & Selma RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Employers Ins. Co. of Alabama, Inc. v. BrockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  3. Cornelius v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  4. Singo v. BrainardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  5. Jones v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. HammondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  2. Alabama Power Co. v. GielleCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  3. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Southern Precision Pattern Works, Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  4. McCurdy v. SamplesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. City of Montgomery v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969

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