Empire Coal Co. v. Gravlee
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. J. Cuutis. Action by George W. Gravlee against tbe Empire Coal Company, for damages for injuries received on one of its trains. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The court erred in permitting the physician to state that when he called on Gravlee he told him he got hurt on the train. — Pitts v. State, 140 Ala. 70; Jernigan v. Ciarlo, 134 Ala. 315; Harloness v. State, 129 Ala. 71; Bir.
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Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. J. Cuutis. Action by George W. Gravlee against tbe Empire Coal Company, for damages for injuries received on one of its trains. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The court erred in permitting the physician to state that when he called on Gravlee he told him he got hurt on the train. — Pitts v. State, 140 Ala. 70; Jernigan v. Ciarlo, 134 Ala. 315; Harloness v. State, 129 Ala. 71; Bir. D. R. R. Co. v. Hale, 90 Ala. 8. On these same authorities, the court was in error in its other rulings on the evidence. The court was in error…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J. —
This suit is by the appellee against appellant for personal injuries received by the former while a passenger on one of the latter’s trains, as the result of a violent and unusual jerk of the train, whereby he (the plaintiff), who was sitting on a seat in the passenger coach, was so violently jarred and jerked that *659the tendons or ligaments and cartilages in the back of his neck were strained and sprained, causing immediate pain and a slight swelling at the base of the skull. After leaving the train, he sought treatment from physicians; but all of his symptoms were entirely…
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