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Louisville and Nashville R.R. Co. v. Lynch

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jul 14, 1966
186 So. 2d 921 (Ala. 1966)

Opinion

6 Div. 140.

May 5, 1966. Rehearing Denied July 14, 1966.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Thos. E. Huey, Jr., J.

Henry E. Simpson, Lange, Simpson, Robinson Somerville, Birmingham, for appellant.

Rives, Peterson, Pettus Conway, and Edgar M. Elliott, Birmingham, for appellee.


This is a suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The appeal is brought by the defendant from a judgment rendered on a jury's verdict awarding damages to the plaintiff.

All of the argued assignments of error relate to, and have a bearing upon, the amount of damages to be awarded the plaintiff. But the amount of the damages is not questioned here. Accordingly, the errors charged in those assignments, if there be error in them, are rendered harmless and cannot work a reversal. See: State v. Dunlap, et al., ante p. 418, 186 So.2d 132; Birmingham Belt R. Co. v. Hendrix, 215 Ala. 285, 288-289, 110 So. 312.

The judgment appealed from is due to be, and is, affirmed.

Affirmed.

LIVINGSTON, C. J., and LAWSON, MERRILL and HARWOOD, JJ., concur.

COLEMAN, J., dissents.


Summaries of

Louisville and Nashville R.R. Co. v. Lynch

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jul 14, 1966
186 So. 2d 921 (Ala. 1966)
Case details for

Louisville and Nashville R.R. Co. v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. R. H. LYNCH, Jr

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Jul 14, 1966

Citations

186 So. 2d 921 (Ala. 1966)
279 Ala. 461

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