Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Johnston

The action is brought by the plaintiff, Mrs. Johnston, with whom her husband is joined as co-plaintiff, claiming damages of the defendant railroad corporation, for the refusal of the conductor to stop the train and put her off at a station to which she had paid her fare as a regular passenger on the road. The gravamen of the action, as averred in the complaint, is, that the defendant “willfully refused to stop” the train of cars at Alice Station, the point of plaintiff’s destination, and carried her several hundred yards beyond the customary stopping place, where she was compelled to alight,…