Ala. G. S. Railroad v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Greene Oircnit Court. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Spkott. This action was brought by John W. Arnold against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, a domestic corporation, and was commenced on the 2d July, 1885. The complaint sets out that the plaintiff purchased a ticket from defendant’s depot agent at Boligee, in Greene county, Ala., a station on defendant’s railroad, in February, 1885 ’; that he was in said depot or station-house when the north bound…
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Appeal from Greene Oircnit Court. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Spkott. This action was brought by John W. Arnold against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, a domestic corporation, and was commenced on the 2d July, 1885. The complaint sets out that the plaintiff purchased a ticket from defendant’s depot agent at Boligee, in Greene county, Ala., a station on defendant’s railroad, in February, 1885 ’; that he was in said depot or station-house when the north bound train on said road blew for the station ; that the train was on schedule time, which was after seven o’clock p. m.; that it…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The original complaint, which contained but one count, sets forth as the cause of action, that the plaintiff, on February 10, 1885, sustained injuries by reason of the negligence of defendant in failing to provide light at a station, called Boligee, where persons desiring to take passage on the trains were required to purchase tickets, and to which place the plaintiff went for the purpose of purchasing a ticket, to take passage on a train which arrived after dark. After, the expiration of more than one year from the time of the injury, the complaint was amended by the addition of another…
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