Carr v. River & Eureka Railroad

—Respondent recovered five thousand dollars damages for personal injuries, claimed to have been sustained by her through the negligence of appellant, and this appeal is prosecuted from the judgment and order denying a motion for a new trial. The first count of the complaint relies for a recovery upon the theory that plaintiff, a passenger, was not allowed a reasonable time to alight from the train at Rhouerville, her point of destination, but that appellant negligently and carelessly started the train while she was upon the steps of the coach, preparatory to alighting, and thereby threw her…