ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO. v. GREEN

6 Div. 865.

159 So.2d 823 (1964)

ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. Ellis W. GREEN.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cabaniss & Johnston, Birmingham, and Jones, McEachin & Ormond, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Olin W. Zeanah and Jere L. Beasley, Tuscaloosa, for appellee.


HARWOOD, Justice.

The plaintiff below was the mother of a child ten years of age who drowned in a pond or pool located on the right of way of the defendant company. The complaint alleged that the pit or reservoir contained a large amount of dirty, unclear water in sufficient depth to cover and conceal metal rods or spikes embedded in the ground or concrete on the bottom of said excavation or reservoir; that said metal rods stood upright and were sharp and dangerous...

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