Legal Opinion

Riley v. Louisville N. R. Co.

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 7, 1921No. 6 Div. 887PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Dan A. Greene, Judge. Motion by Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, to ret;ax the cost in the case of Pred C. Riley and others, for the use of Jefferson County, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company/ Prom a judgment granting the motion, respondents appeal.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Dan A. Greene, Judge. Motion by Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, to ret;ax the cost in the case of Pred C. Riley and others, for the use of Jefferson County, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company/ Prom a judgment granting the motion, respondents appeal. The authority for collecting the item of cost is found in the concluding sentence of the section (Acts 1919, p. 885, amending section 3713, Code 1907), and the adoption of the constitutional amendment gave the Legislature authority to change the fees and costs in Jefferson…

1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.

This cause is submitted under the following agreed statement of facts, viz. .-

“In this cause, it is agreed that the bill of cost hereto attached as Exhibit A was and is the bill of costs in the above-entitled cause for the retaxing of which the motion in this cause was made and granted, and that the said bill of costs in every particular was a true and correct bill of costs in said cause, with the exception of the item of one-half commissions, $6.51, and that as to said item the amount there charged was and is true and correct if the clerk of said court had legal authority to include said…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Almon v. Morgan CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Hawkins v. Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. BrooksAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  4. McMurray v. County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  5. Baker Tow Boat Co. v. LangnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928

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