Brock v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the lion. H. C. Speaice. This was an action brought by the appellant, John L. Brock, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Companv. The first count in the complaint is against the defendant company as a common carrier in Code form.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the lion. H. C. Speaice. This was an action brought by the appellant, John L. Brock, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Companv. The first count in the complaint is against the defendant company as a common carrier in Code form. This suit was commenced Sept. 21st, 1895. The complaint vas amended afterwards by leave of the court without objection by defendant, by adding a count for the failure by defendant com5-any to deliver the goods received by i t as a warehouseman for a reward. In neither count is ¡here any averment of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
— 1. The case was tried at the May term, 1896, of said circuit court, by and before the presiding judge, Avithout a jury, under the “Act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil cases in the circuit courts of Morgan aixd Madison counties,” approved February 18th, 1895, (Acts 1894-95, p. 586). The trial resulted in a judgment for the defendant,' froxxx which the plaintiff'appealed to the Supreme Court. The judgment Avas reversed and the cause remanded, at the November term, 1896. On the return of the case to the circuit court for another' trial, at the first term thereafter, and. on…
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