Supreme Court of Alabama April 2, 1909 (Coleman v. Pepper)

DENSON, J.

That exemplary damages are recoverable in this class of actions, when the acts complained of are attended with aggravating circumstances of wantonness or malice, cannot longer be a debatable question in this jurisdiction. — Mitchell v. Billingsley, 17 Ala. 391; De Vaughn v. Heath, 37 Ala. 595; Rosser v. Bunn, 66 Ala. 89; Western Union, etc., Co. v. Dickens, 148 Ala. 480, 41 South. 469.