St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
'Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; If it be conceded that appellee was negligent, still appellant, in failing to exercise ordinary care to avoid injuring her after discovering her peril, is liable. 62 Ark. 164; 61 Ark. 340; 74 Ark. 407; Id. 478.
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
The plaintiff below, Mrs. M. E. Thompson, instituted this suit against appellant, and alleged in her complaint that on December 11, 1906, the defendant did carelessly and negligently run one of its engines and trains against and upon her in the town of Stamps, and thereby did injure her in the sum of two thousand dollars. The answer denied the allegations of the complaint, and pleaded contributory negligence, alleging that the plaintiff was walking along by the side of and near the track where defendant’s trains were passing, and by her own carelessness and negligence fell against one of its…
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