Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Seale
Supreme Court of Alabama
Injury to Passenger. Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Pelham. Action by Delia S'eale, a passenger, against the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company, for damages resulting to her from being carried beyond her destination. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts and the exceptions to the admission and rejection of testimony sufficiently appear from the opinion.
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Injury to Passenger. Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Pelham. Action by Delia S'eale, a passenger, against the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company, for damages resulting to her from being carried beyond her destination. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts and the exceptions to the admission and rejection of testimony sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following charges were refused to the defendant: (B) “The court charges the jury that if you believe from, the evidence that the plaintiff refused to go on to Spring Junction when the…
1ConcurrenceMoCLELLAN, J.
(concurring). — In the absence of a binding (upon a ticket passenger) rule of the carrier requiring such passengers, for known, to such passengers, flag stations, to notify the conductor of the train, *487before arriving at the ticket stipulated destination, that 'the passenger’s destination is for that point, there is no primary obligation on such ticket passenger to notify the conductor of his or her destination. — San Antonio Ry. Co. v. Dykes (Tex. Civ. App.) 45 S. W. 758; Mo., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Glass, 46 Tex. Civ. App. 126, 102 S. W. 447; C. R. & C. R. R. Co. v. Lyon, 89 Ga. 16, 15 S. E. 24,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad v. LyonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SealeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. GlassCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907