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Tucker v. City of Birmingham

Supreme Court of Alabama
Feb 15, 1951
50 So. 2d 779 (Ala. 1951)

Opinion

6 Div. 210.

February 15, 1951.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Jefferson County.

Wm. Conway, of Birmingham, for petitioner.

Chas. H. Brown, of Birmingham, opposed.


On petition for certiorari the only point raised is the action of the court in giving the following charge at the request of the city.

"I charge you gentlemen of the jury that any reasonable doubt in your mind applicable to this case must be a doubt growing out of the evidence and may not be a doubt occurring to you from any source other than the evidence in this case."

This is not reversible error. Tribble v. State, 145 Ala. 23, 40 So. 938; Simmons v. State, 158 Ala. 8, 48 So. 606; McNeal v. State, 18 Ala. App. 311, 92 So. 95, certiorari denied 207 Ala. 712, 92 So. 921.

Writ denied.

FOSTER, LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Tucker v. City of Birmingham

Supreme Court of Alabama
Feb 15, 1951
50 So. 2d 779 (Ala. 1951)
Case details for

Tucker v. City of Birmingham

Case Details

Full title:TUCKER v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Feb 15, 1951

Citations

50 So. 2d 779 (Ala. 1951)
255 Ala. 190