Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Godwin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speake. Action by Minnie M. Godwin against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for injury while a passenger. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The plaintiff, Minnie M. Godwin, claims that she was a passenger on one of the trains of the defendant, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and that while she was a passenger on such train she was, through the negligence of the defendant, or of its agents or servants while acting within the line of their employment, thrown to the ground and injured. The plaintiff claims that her injuries were received while she was in the act of alighting from the *499train at Decatur. She says that while she was alighting from the train the coach upon which she had been riding was given a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. GodwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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