Central of Ga. Ry. Co. v. Carlisle
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Coosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. P. Merritt, Special Judge. Action by Mrs. Bennie May Carlisle against the Central of Georgia. Railway Company for damages for injuries received in alighting from one of defendant’s passenger trains. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Coosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. P. Merritt, Special Judge. Action by Mrs. Bennie May Carlisle against the Central of Georgia. Railway Company for damages for injuries received in alighting from one of defendant’s passenger trains. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. When a carrier safely transports a passenger to the station to which he has paid his fare, announces the arrival at the station and affords reasonable and safe opportunity to alight, it has discharged its duty. — 5 A. & E. Enc. of Law, 579; 18 A. & E. R. R. Cases, 245; 42 Miss. 607; 97 Am. Dec. 478;…
1Opinion of the Court
PER CIJRIAM.
1. It is the duty of a railroad company, as a common carrier of passengers, to safely deliver its passengers at the station to which they have paid their fare. N. Y., etc., Ry. Co. v. Doane, 115 Ind. 435, 17 N. E. 913, 1 L. R. A. 157, 7 Am. St. Re6p. 451, 456. This includes the announcement of the arrival of the train at the station, with a reasonable opportunity to there leave the cars. Roben v. Central Iowa R. Co., 73 Iowa, 579, 35 N. W. 645, 5 Am. St. Rep. 708; Hurt v. St. Louis, etc., R. Co., 94 Mo. 255, 7 S. W. 1, 4 Am. St. Rep. 374; Sevier v. V. & M. R. Co., 61 Miss. 11, 48…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barney v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Hurt v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- McGovern v. Inter Urban Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. DoaneIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. CruseCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Carlisle v. Central of Ga. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Mobile Light R. Co. v. TherrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Western Railway of Alabama v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Southern Railway Co. v. HerronAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- Southern Ry. Co. v. LaxsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
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