ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. SMITH

6 Div. 901.

78 So.2d 663 (1954)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. Leonard SMITH.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huey, Stone & Patton, Bessemer, for appellant.

Ross, Ross & Ross, Bessemer, for appellee.


HARWOOD, Judge.

In the court below the plaintiff gained a verdict and judgment for damages for the death of a mule.

No need arises to set out the pleading or facts, for counsel for the defendant railroad, the appellant here, has stated in brief that the sole question presented by this appeal is the constitutionality of the underlined portion of Section 173, Title 48, Code of Alabama 1940, which is as follows:

"A railroad company is liable for all...

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