Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Glover
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before' the Hon. A. A. Coleman. This Avas an action brought by the appellee against the appellant, Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. The complaint contains 5 counts.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before' the Hon. A. A. Coleman. This Avas an action brought by the appellee against the appellant, Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. The complaint contains 5 counts. The first count of the complaint Avas in words and figures as follows: 1. “Plaintiff claims of the defendant the snm of five thousand dollars, as damages, for that heretofore, to-Avit, on the 23rd day of August, 1902, the defendant was a common carrier of passengers for hire or reward from that part of Birmingham, Jefferson…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
It is sufficient in a complaint by a passenger against a. railway company claiming damages for personal injuries to aver that the defendant negligently operated its train and that thereby or in consequence thereof the plaintiff was injured,’ etc., etc The charge of negligence made by the first count is suf ficient.
The 3rd count of the complaint avers that plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s electric street car, and “had informed the defendant’s servant, the conductor or mo forman of said car, of his purpose and desire to alight from said ear at or near Avenue A and 20th Street; that it…
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