St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Bragg
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court. Joel D. Conway, Judge. STATEMENT BY TIIE COURT. Mrs. Emma, Bragg, who lived at Gurdon, Arkansas, on the night of November 26, 1897, took passage on one of the Iron Mountain’s trains from Gurdon to Beirne, a small village and station on the same road, about four miles south from Gurdon.
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Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court. Joel D. Conway, Judge. STATEMENT BY TIIE COURT. Mrs. Emma, Bragg, who lived at Gurdon, Arkansas, on the night of November 26, 1897, took passage on one of the Iron Mountain’s trains from Gurdon to Beirne, a small village and station on the same road, about four miles south from Gurdon. She was going on a visit to ber father, who lived at Beirne, and had with her two children, of whom one was about three years and the other about nine months of age. After she got on the train, she walked back and took a seat with her two children in the chair car. "When the…
1Opinion of the Court
RiddiCK, J.,
(after stating the facts). This is an, action against a railway company by-a female passenger to recover damages for being put off at a place away from the station. It is evident, though, that she was put off near the station, and only a few yards from the public crossing where she wished to alight. But she was frightened, she says, by reason of the fact that it was dark, and that a cattle guard separated her from the crossing. Now it is doubtless true that the employees of the train were guilty of carelessness in putting off the appellee and her young children at night at a place…
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