Franklin v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. CROW. Action by May Franklin against the Southern Railroad Company for damages for injuries suffered while a passenger. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Appellant brought this suit against the appellee for the recovery of damages which she claims to have sustained as a passenger on the Southern Railway in alighting from *119the car at Coalburg, the point of destination. It was insisted by the plaintiff that when she alighted from the train she stepped on some slag, which caused her foot to turn, and sprained her ankle. The evidence for the plaintiff tended to show that she boarded the train as a passenger at Blossburg, her destination being Coalburg, in Jefferson county; that she rode in the last coach with her two children, one five years and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ala. Great Southern R. R. v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Mobile Light & R. R. v. Walsh, C.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Montgomery Street Railway Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- Mobile Light & R. R. v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Smith v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Julian v. WoolbertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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