St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Evans
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; None of the circumstances making it necessary for appellee to debark at Poping were made to appellant. 71 Ark. 572. The court erred in taxing an attorney's fee in this case. 81 Ark A29; 72 Ark. 357.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action instituted by appellee to recover damages for being carried by the railroad station to which she was destined. With her husband, she took passage on one of appellant’s trains at Poping, a station about five or six miles west of Ozark, Ark., for Fort Smith, and returned during the afternoon of the same day, having tickets for Poping. The train did not stop at that station. As soon as the train passed Poping, appellee’s husband went to the brakeman and train auditor and demanded that the train be stopped and backed to the station. This was not done immediately, but soon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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