Arkansas Central Railroad v. Workman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Charleston District; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; 1. There is no evidence tending to prove that want of instruction as to how to alight from a moving train was the proximate cause of the injury; no instruction was necessary, and the law does not require that it be given.
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Charleston District; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; 1. There is no evidence tending to prove that want of instruction as to how to alight from a moving train was the proximate cause of the injury; no instruction was necessary, and the law does not require that it be given. Nor was there any defect shown in the step or platform, and it is a matter of common knowledge that a headlight does not throw light back along the side of the engine or train. 'Hence there was no evidence of negligence, and a verdict should nave been directed for defendant. • 2.The servant…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCurroch, J.
Appellee is a minor under the age of twenty-one years, and sues appellant railroad company to recover damages for personal injuries received while performing service for the company as brakeman -on a freight train. He recovered judgment below, and the company appealed. Appellee was, at the time he took service with the railroad company, eighteen years of .age, and was entirely inexperienced in that kind of work, tie received the injury complained of during his first day’s service, or rather during the night succeeding the first day’s service. He made a trip from Paris, to Fort Smith during…
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- Arkansas Central Railroad v. FainSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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