Smith v. Kennedy

Decision Date23 February 1967
Docket Number6 Div. 401
Citation195 So.2d 829,280 Ala. 718
PartiesDollie K. SMITH et al. v. Jo Fay KENNEDY et al.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for petitioner.

J.J. Cockrell and Robt. F. Lewis, Birmingham, opposed.

GOODWYN, Justice.

Petition of Dollie K. Smith and others for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision in Smith et al. v. Kennedy et al., 43 Ala.App. 554, 195 So.2d 820.

Writ denied.

LIVINGSTON, C.J., and LAWSON and COLEMAN, JJ., concur.

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  • Lloyd v. Service Corp. of Alabama, Inc.
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • June 8, 1984
    ...District v. Morris, 244 Ala. 557, 14 So.2d 527 (1943); Smith v. Kennedy, 43 Ala.App. 554, 195 So.2d 820 (1966), cert. den., 280 Ala. 718, 195 So.2d 829 (1966). The rationale behind these holdings is that such clauses tend to encourage negligence and, in circumstances where there is a strong......
  • Ward v. Forrester Day Care, Inc.
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • March 24, 1989
    ...when he touched chain of a city street light); Smith v. Kennedy, 43 Ala. App. 554, 195 So.2d 820 (1966), cert. denied, 280 Ala. 718, 195 So.2d 829 (1967) (permanent wave solution); Thompson v. Lee, 439 So.2d 113 (Ala.1983) (a cabinet door); Norton Co. v. Harrelson, 278 Ala. 85, 176 So.2d 18......
  • Walter L. Couse & Co. v. Hardy Corp.
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
    • November 15, 1972
    ...clearly and unequivocably expressed. Subcontractor, appellee, cites Smith v. Kennedy, 43 Ala.App. 554, 195 So.2d 820, cert. den. 280 Ala. 718, 195 So.2d 829, for the proposition that under Alabama law a party may not by contract absolve himself of liability for the negligence of himself or ......
  • Eley v. Brunner-Lay Southern Corp., Inc.
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • August 3, 1972
    ...must be clearly and unequivocably expressed. Appellant cites Smith v. Kennedy, 43 Ala.App. 554, 195 So.2d 820, cert. den. 280 Ala. 718, 195 So.2d 829. But that rule is not always applied. See Deen v. Holderfield, 275 Ala. 360, 155 So.2d 314, and Republic Steel Corporation v. Payne, 272 Ala.......
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