St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. v. Person
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. F. T. Vaughan, Judge.' This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee in having his leg broken through the alleged negligence of the appellant.
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APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. F. T. Vaughan, Judge.' This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee in having his leg broken through the alleged negligence of the appellant. The complaint charged that on December 25, 1884, plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s train on his journey from Little Rock to his home at Mabelvale; that the conductor of the train failed to stop his train at Mabelvale a sufficient length of time to enable plaintiff to get off safely, but, at the same time, pressed and urged the plaintiff to get off while the train was in…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
3. X^AILROADS : ■Duty in stopping trains. Counsel for the appellant have not undertaken to point out any ground of objection to any part of the court’s charge to the jury. 2. Contributory Negligence. The instructions given at the instance of the plaintiff in the action and by the court of its own motion, either announce familiar principles of law as to the duty of a carrier of passengers to stop and allow reasonable opportunity to the passenger to alight upon the platform provided for the purpose, or else state the law of contributory negligence applicable to the facts of the case almost in…
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