Southern Railway Co. v. Rowe
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Action by Lora Rowe against the Southern Railway Company for breach of contract. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Action by Lora Rowe against the Southern Railway Company for breach of contract. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The following is the complaint: Count 1. Plaintiff claims of defendant corporation the sum of $2,950 as damages for the breach of a contract made by and between plaintiff and defendant on, to-wit, January 16, 1914, by the terms of which defendant contracted to send by telegram transportation over its line of road and connecting lines, to the husband of plaintiff at Colorado Springs, Colo., for the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClellan, J.
The appellee instituted this action, for damages for breach of a contract,, against the appellant. The defendant was a common carrier of passengers for hire between Birmingham and Anniston and Rock Run Station, in this state. Connecting railway lines, recognized by the defendant, admitted of practically continuous transportation of passengers from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Birmingham, Ala. The issues submitted to the jury were those made by general traverse .of the averments of counts 1, 2, and 3 of the complaint. There was judgment, for the plaintiff for $550.
The substance of the contract…
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