Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad v. Bean

Appellee, a passenger upon appellant’s train, while getting off the car at his station, fell to the ground and was injured, as-he alleges, by reason of an insufficient platform and the appellant’s carelessness and negligence in suddenly starting the train as he was in the act of getting off, without allowing him a reasonable time to reach the platform.

Over appellant’s motion for a new trial, and exception, judgment was rendered in favor of appellee.

The only questions presented to us relate to the instructions.

The want of skill, if any, on the part of appellant’s servants, was properly in…