The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-19
LOWER COURTS
ARE REVERSED
Supreme Count Sends Back
Many.
THIRTY OPINIONS RENDERED
Few Gases Of Importance Are
Determined.
\. @. s. Raflrsad wi.s ~ Deeisiea Of
ceurt-Cass Of Mrs. Hattie Pope,
Convicted Matricide, ID
susmitted-Court
Adjosrns.
THIRTY OPINIONS RENDERED

In q number Of opinions rendered by
the State Supreme Court Thursday.
none Of Importance or significance
came down. Fifteen verdicts Of lower
courts out Of thirty were reversed and
remanded for q new trial. Fourteen
cases were affirmed. and one case re-
versed and judgment rendered.
The record presents proportionately
the largest number OF reversals from
lower court decisions that the Supreme
court ever put out in one day.
On reversal, in the case of the Ala
bama Great Southern against w. L
Ambrose, came in. favor of the corpora
tions- It was held by the court that
the suit against the railroad for the
death of Roy Ambrose. was not filed
In the county In which the injury was
sustained or in which the plaintiff
resided, as the law provides.
Roy Ambrose. a II year old boy, was
killed by an A. @. s. train while work
Ing as a switchman in Bibb county.
w. J. Ambrose, OF Bibb county, as adj
rninistrator. sued for $4,000, and q
verdict for 1851 was returned. He
sued In the Bessemer city court, how
ever. and the verdict was reversed.
An opinion by Justice simpson af-
firmed the lower court In the case of
J. NJ Ack1ey and Company. OF Mobile
Ackley. by the judgment. owes the
appellee $17.266 on lumber purchase
contracts.
The case OF Mrs. Hattie Pope. the
Chiffon county woman who was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment for the
murder of her mother, was submitted
to the court on briefs. and without
argument. Thursday. The court adj
journed at the conclusion OF the
n A<rR Er~.l 49,
The following Is list of the de-
cisions handed down Thursday in the
Supreme court:
DOWDELL, C. IT,
Mobile Light ami Railroad Com
pany VS.. Guy ]. Hartwell. appeal from
Mobile Law and Equity Court; rever-
sed and remanded.
w. T. Wright ct al. VS.. ]. w. Wright,
ct al, appeal from Lee Court OF Law
and Equity; affirmed.
SIMPSON. j.
J. M. Aclley & Co. VS.. Hunter Benn
and Co.. appeal from Mobile Cham
Gerry Court; corrected and affirmed.
7. p. Cronin VS.. American Securities
Co. appeal from Montgomery City
Court; affirmed
Ella Hughes VS.. T. l. Rose, appeal
from Butler Circuit Court: affirmed
Dothan National Bank vs.. r. ID.
Crawford. as ADMIT ETC.. ct al, app
peal from Houston Chancery Court;
affirmed.
Hardaway-Wright Co. VS. Bradley
Brothers. appeal from Chambers Cir
cult Court: reversed and remanded.
John A. Darden ct al, VS.. T. J
Mann. appeal from Coosa Circuit
Court: rendered and remanded.
Central OF Georgia Ry. Co, vs. H .
NJ Carleton as Admir-, etc. appeal
from Taliapoosa Circuit Court; re-
wersed and remanded.
Birmingham Paint and Roofing Co.
vs.. J. +. Gillespie. appeal from Bir-
nningham City Court; affirmed.
A. q. 9. r. r. Co. VS.. w. L Am
brose. appeal from Bessemer City
{. Court: reversed and remanded.
MiIlage Briggs VS.. T. G. I. and r.
r.. Co.. appeal from Birmingham City
Court: reversed and remanded.
MCCLELLAN. IL
Climax Lumber Co. ct al. vs.. Bay