Watson v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Negligence. Passengers. Nonsuit. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Pulton superior court. March term, 1888. Mrs. Lou Ella Watson, a married woman, living with ber husband, brought her action against the railway company for damages for a personal injury sustained by her while she, a passenger, was attempting to alight from defendant’s ears.
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Railroads. Negligence. Passengers. Nonsuit. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Pulton superior court. March term, 1888. Mrs. Lou Ella Watson, a married woman, living with ber husband, brought her action against the railway company for damages for a personal injury sustained by her while she, a passenger, was attempting to alight from defendant’s ears. On the trial, she proved that, on the evening of July 7,1886, she received a telegram at Salt Springs, summoning her to the bedside of her mother, who, it informed her, was lying at the point of death. She boarded the train of defendant early the…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
"We think the court oeiow was right in nonsuiting this case. If the railroad company was liable to the plaintiff for anything, it was liable to her for damages for the breach of promise to let her off at Simpson street crossing. Whatever damages accrued to her by reason of the breach of that promise she might perhaps recover, but we do not decide whether she could or not. But she chose to bring her action for the injuries which she sustained; and we think her testimony clearly shows that she could have avoided the consequences to herself by the use of ordinary care. If she…
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