Alabama Great Southern R. v. Taylor

On the evening in question appellee was a -passenger on one of appellant’s trains. Her destination was Meridian, and Meridian was her place of residence. When about twenty miles from Meridian, some miscreant threw a stone against a window of the coach in which appellee was seated, causing shattered glass to fly in appellee’s direction, a particle of which entered one of appellee’s eyes, dangerously and painfully injuring the eye.

The train conductor was, in a short time, made aware of the injury, and according to the testimony of appellee and her witnesses, the conductor promised her that he…