ALA. GREAT SOUTHERN R. CO. v. SUMTER PLYWOOD CORP.

SC 2770.

359 So.2d 1140 (1978)

ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. SUMTER PLYWOOD CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam M. Phelps and J. Russell Gibson, III, of Phelps, Owens & Jenkins, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Ira D. Pruitt, Jr., Livingston, for appellee.


EMBRY, Justice.

On this appeal we decide whether a contract which relieves a party from the consequences of its own negligence is enforceable. Judgment in favor of Sumter Plywood Corporation, plaintiff below, and against Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, defendant below, in the amount of $21,798.31 was entered upon stipulated facts. We affirm.

The facts, as stipulated and submitted to the trial court by the parties, are:

"1. That attached hereto...

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