Pollard v. Williams

BOULDIN, Justice.

Action by passenger on a railway train for personal injuries sustained through derailment of the coach upon which she was a passenger.

The governing principles of law in such case have been frequently considered and applied in our decisions.

In Montgomery & Eufaula Railway Co. v. Mallette, 92 Ala. 209, 9 So. 363, 365, the law defining the degree of care and the presumption of negligence from the fact of derailment is thus stated:

“There was no error in the charges of the court to the effect that ‘the law required the highest degree of care and diligence and skill, by those…