Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Woods
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This action was brought by the appellee, Cicero Woods, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company on March 25, 1893, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant and its employes.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This action was brought by the appellee, Cicero Woods, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company on March 25, 1893, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant and its employes. The complaint as originally filed contained but one count, in which, after averring that the plaintiff was a brakeman on a freight train being run by the defendant over its road, and while in the discharge of his duties as such brakeman, he was thrown from one of the cars…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The appellee, Woods, instituted the present action in case to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on the 29th of March, 1892. The complaint was filed March 25th, 1893, and as originally framed contained but one count. To this defendant filed a demurrer on May 23d, 1893. On June 22d, 1893, the plaintiff amended his complaint. The defendant filed a motion t.o strike the complaint as amended from the file, on the ground that the cause of action averred in the amended complaint was a departure from that laid in the original complaint. This motion was filed…
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