South & North Ala. Railroad v. Huffman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appkal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. S. II. Sprott. This action was brought by Thomas Y. Huffman, against the appellant, a domestic corporation, as a common carrier, to recover damages for an alleged tort, under the following circumstances : Being in Birmingham, on Saturday, December 31st, 1881, the plaintiff purchased a ticket to travel on the defendant’s road, by a freight-train, to Hanceville, a station ten miles beyond Blount Springs.
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Appkal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. S. II. Sprott. This action was brought by Thomas Y. Huffman, against the appellant, a domestic corporation, as a common carrier, to recover damages for an alleged tort, under the following circumstances : Being in Birmingham, on Saturday, December 31st, 1881, the plaintiff purchased a ticket to travel on the defendant’s road, by a freight-train, to Hanceville, a station ten miles beyond Blount Springs. Indorsed on the ticket were the words: “Sold for train No. 12;” but the plaintiff entered train No. 16, which left a few…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
— Since railroads have been constructed, they have driven from the field almost every other mode of travel and transportation, between points connected by them. They are huge enterprises, requiring very many officers, agents and employees, for their successful operation. The travelling and shipping public, in having transactions with them, are brought in contact only with their officers and employees, of relatively inferior grade. The traveller sees and knows only the local ticket-agent, the conductor, and, perhaps, the baggage-master. To him, they present the embodiment of the…
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