Legal Opinion
City of Bay Minette v. QUINELY
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 18, 1955No. 1 Div. 634PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
This is a suit by David M. Quinley to recover damages against the City of Bay Minette, a municipal corporation, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in falling on the stairs leading to the offices of the Police Department of the city. The question for decision is whether the city in maintaining its police station was acting in the performance of its governmental functions or in its corporate capacity.
The complaint consists of Counts A, B, C, D and E and in each of these counts there is the following averment:
“On towit: the 9th day of December, 1953, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Maxmilian v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- City of Bessemer v. WhaleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Wilcox v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Hillman v. City of AnnistonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- City of Tuscaloosa v. FittsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
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- Dixon v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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