Birmingham Transfer & Traffic Co. v. Still
Alabama Court of Appeals
Damages for Improperly Transporting Corpse. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Robert N. Bell. Action by J. H. Still against the Birmingham Transfer & Traffic Company, for damages growing out of a breach of contract to transport the body of his child from one’ station to another. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Damages for Improperly Transporting Corpse. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Robert N. Bell. Action by J. H. Still against the Birmingham Transfer & Traffic Company, for damages growing out of a breach of contract to transport the body of his child from one’ station to another. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The fact that a'charge for services rendered was greatly in excess of the usual charge would not give the plaintiff the right to recover any part of the money he paid for such service. — Judge ■a. Wilkins, 19 Ala. 765; Maull v. Vaughan, 45 Ala. 134; Wood…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
This is an action brought by the ap-pellee, as plaintiff, in the court below against the appellant for damages growing out of the alleged breach of a duty resting upon a contract entered into by appellant, who was engaged in the transfer business in the city of Birmingham, Ala., to carry the small coffined corpse of the appellee’s minor child in a suitable and befitting manner from the Terminal passenger station in the city of Birmingham to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad passenger station in said city.
The appellee arrived at said Terminal station, accompanied by a friend, en route to…
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