Opinion

Wilkinson v. Flowers

  • 16 Ala. App. 370
  • 77 So. 982
  • 1918 Ala. App. LEXIS 49
Court
Alabama Court of Appeals
Filed
Feb 5, 1918
Status
Published
Author
Brown
On the bench
Brown
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 43.8%

The opinion

BROWN, P. J.

[1]

The assignments of error present for consideration only questions of fact — whether or not the defendant was guilty of negligence proximately resulting in the injury complained of, and, if so, whether plaintiff’s agent or servant was guilty of such contributory negligence as would bar a recovery. On these issues the testimony was taken ore tenus, and that offered by the plaintiff is in sharp conflict with the testimony offered by the defendant. The trial court was in a better position to judge of the credibility of the witnesses than we are, and when his findings are accorded tho weight of a verdict of a jury, we are unable to say that his conclusions are erroneous. Cofield v. McGraw & Garner, ante, p. 369, 77 South. 981 ; Hackett v. Cash, 196 Ala. 403 , 72 South. 52 ; Hatfield v. Riley, 199 Ala. 388 , 74 South. 380 ; Veid v. Roberts, 200 Ala. 576 , 76 South. 934 .

[2]

In our opinion a discussion of the evidence would serve no useful purpose, and by

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the provisions of section 5999 of the Code, as amended by Acts 1915, p. 595, we are relieved of this burden.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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