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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. CUMMINGS

83-745.

466 So.2d 99 (1985)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. Helen Earnest CUMMINGS, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Bradford of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Ward, Smith, Bowman & Thagard, Birmingham, and Edward R. Jackson of Tweedy, Jackson & Beech, Jasper, for appellant.

Jack Drake and Joseph G. Pierce of Drake, Knowles & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.

FAULKNER, Justice.

Helen Cummings brought this action against Alabama Power Company for damages to her property allegedly caused by the collapse of an underground coal mine owned by the defendant. A jury awarded Cummings $35,000.00 in damages. Alabama Power Company appeals. We affirm.

Cummings's home sits above the Gorgas Mine, America # 3, in Walker County, Alabama. The mine is located 240 feet below the surface and was last worked in 1948. In May of 1979...

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