Alabama Power Co. v. Bruce

MILLER:, J.

Mae Bruce, a minor, 17 years of age, by her next friend, O. F. Bruce, her father, sues the Alabama Pow^r Company, a corporation, for injuries received by her on December 11, 1920, while a passenger on a street car of defendant, caused by a “head-on” collision between it and a freight car of the defendant. There was'judgment for the plaintiff on the verdict of a jury in her favor, from which the defendant appeals. The jury based its verdict on count 1 and the general issue to it filed by the defendant.

Count 1 averred the body of plaintiff was bruised, mashed, and crushed, internally…