Legal Opinion
Coffee County v. Parrish
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 22, 1947No. 4 Div. 440PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
This as an action by the administrator of Mary Lula Parrish, deceased, ag'ainst the County of Coffee for negligently causing her death through the failure to keep in a reasonable safe condition for public travel a bridge across Pea River in said county near Kingston as required by § 57, Title 23, Code of 1940.
The duty alleged to have been breached is imposed by said section of the code and when death proximately results from negligence or wrongful act of defendant, § 123, Title 7, Code of 1940 (the homicide act) furnishes the vehicle for the recovery of punitive damages to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Breed v. Atlanta, B. C. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Parker v. Fies & SonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Town of Vernon v. WedgeworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Suits v. GloverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- State v. SanchezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1978
- Reynolds v. HensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Lee v. BelcherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Hulsey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
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