Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Seale
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon John Pelham. Action by Delia Seale a passenger against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for being carried beyond destination. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon John Pelham. Action by Delia Seale a passenger against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for being carried beyond destination. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The court refused the following charges to the defendant: “(C) The court charges the jury that if the plaintiff, after being carried beyond Dean’s Station, got off the train voluntarily, and was not put off by defendant’s agent or servant, or some of them, they must bring a verdict for the defendant.” The following charge was given for the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This suit was brought by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for being carried beyond her destination as a passenger on defendant’s railroad. The facts, as detailed by the plaintiff herself, are that she purchased a ticket from Galera to Dean’s Station, a distance of about three miles; that she boarded the car at the railroad crossing, after which the train moved to the “old depot,” where passengers usually got on, and remained in her seat; that the conductor did not come around for her ticket until the train had passed Dean’s Station about a mile and a. quarter, when he…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad v. LyonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Southern Ry. Co. v. MeltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
3Cited by9 opinions
- Mills v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
- Cole v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. SealeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. TaylorAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
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