Bailey v. Georgia & Florida Railway
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action, for damages. Before Judge Mathews. Emanuel superior court. July 14, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
An action for damages was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, for injuries alleged to have been received while alighting from a moving train, and to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant in failing to stop its train at the destination of the plaintiff a sufficient length of time to enable him to alight in safety. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence the court, on motion, granted a nonsuit, and to this judgment the plaintiff excepted.
It appears, from the evidence in the record, that the plaintiff became a passenger on the defendant’s train at Swainsboro,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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