Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Carr
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the ILon. H. D. Clayton. This action was brought by Miles B. Carr, against the “Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia,” a corporation chartered and organized under the laws of Georgia, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, on or about the 8th December, 1882, while travelling as a passenger on the defendant’s railroad, at or near Georgetown, in Quitman county, Georgia; and was…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the ILon. H. D. Clayton. This action was brought by Miles B. Carr, against the “Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia,” a corporation chartered and organized under the laws of Georgia, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, on or about the 8th December, 1882, while travelling as a passenger on the defendant’s railroad, at or near Georgetown, in Quitman county, Georgia; and was commenced on the 24th March, 1883. The complaint contained only a single count in case, which alleged that the defendant was, at…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— The appellant, defendant in the court below, was sued as a corporation ; and the complaint charges that it “ was engaged in, and carrying on the business of a common earner of goods and passengers for hire, and, as such common carrier, it controlled and operated a railroad for the carriage of goods and passengers for hire, between the city of Macon, in the State of Georgia, and the city of Eufaula, in the State of Alabama.” Plaintiff then avers, that he purchased a ticket in the State of Georgia, and was travelling on said road in the direction of Eufaula, Alabama, and “ while running along…
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