Blodgett v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Passengers. Negligence. Before Judge Harvey* Gordon Superior Court. February Adjourned Term, 1873. Bartlett brought case against Blodgett, as superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, for $25,000 00 damages, alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the negligent conduct of the defendant in his avocation as a common carrier.
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Railroads. Passengers. Negligence. Before Judge Harvey* Gordon Superior Court. February Adjourned Term, 1873. Bartlett brought case against Blodgett, as superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, for $25,000 00 damages, alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the negligent conduct of the defendant in his avocation as a common carrier. The declaration charged that the plaintiff embarked on the cars of defendant at Atlanta, for the purpose of being transported to Calhoun, a station on the line of defendant’s road; that said cars failed to stop at the usual station at…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. Assuming that the employees of the Western and Atlantic Railroad were in fault in not stopping the cars at a suitable place for the plaintiff below to get off, it does not at all follow that the State is liable for the damage which was subsequently inflicted. A prudent man, under the circumstances, would have sought the conductor, or gone on to the *357next station, and if any injury came from this he would have his right of action. But the plaintiff took the affair into his own hands. He rang the bell to the driver to stop the train. This he had no right to do; at least, only in…
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