Legal Opinion
Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Hill
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided May 10, 1949No. 2 Div. 788PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARR, Judge.
The plaintiff’s foxhound was killed by the defendant’s train. This is a suit to recover damages therefor. The cause below was tried without a jury, and there was a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
The evidence in the main appears without dispute.
The dog was killed at about 4:30 A.M. at a point north of Stewart’s Station, Alabama, and about three hundred yards south of a place where a highway crossed the railroad track. The crossing was on or around a curve as the train approached from the south. The country along the tracks in the vicinity was flat and level and there was a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- King v. AirdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Acacia Mut. Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Southern Ry. Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Westerheide v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
- In Re Estate of ZiySupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. ViseAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
- Blumenthal v. BowenSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949