Alabama Midland Railway Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Henri’. Tried before the I-Ion. J. W. Foster. This was an action brought by the appellee against the Alabama Midland Itailway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been su$tained by plaintiff by reason of tlie negligence of tlie defendant. ’ Tlie plaintiff claimed $2,000 damages, and it >vas averred in tin1 complaint that tlie plaintiff was a passen-ger on one of the trains of the defendant; tliat wlien tlie train…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Henri’. Tried before the I-Ion. J. W. Foster. This was an action brought by the appellee against the Alabama Midland Itailway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been su$tained by plaintiff by reason of tlie negligence of tlie defendant. ’ Tlie plaintiff claimed $2,000 damages, and it >vas averred in tin1 complaint that tlie plaintiff was a passen-ger on one of the trains of the defendant; tliat wlien tlie train arrived at Asliford, the place of plaintiff’s destina-' tíon, an employe of the road called the station, and that as the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
It Avas the duty of the defendant’s servants in charge of the train Avlien it stopped at Ashford for the purpose of discharging and removing passengers, to-have kept it stationary for a length of time Avhich Avas reasonably sufficient to enable all passengers to get off and on by the exercise of due care and diligence.—Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad Co. v. Stewart, 91 Ala. 421; Birmingham Union Railway Co. v. Smith, 90 Ala. 60. As to AA’hether the defendant’s train from AAdiicli the plaintiff Avas throAvn by a sudden jerk in its starting or fell from the platform after the train began to…
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