LAWSON v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF ALABAMA

4 Div. 434.

267 So.2d 132 (1972)

Glenda LAWSON v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF ALABAMA, a corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tipler, Fuller & Barnes, Andalusia, for appellant.

Albrittons & Rankin, Andalusia, for appellee.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the trial court granting the defendant a new trial after a jury verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $15,000. The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the trial court's action constituted error. We answer this question in the affirmative and reverse and remand the cause.

This case arose out of the following factual context.

On Sunday evening, September 29, 1968, after dark, Waco...

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