Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Weathers

1. Where a conductor of a railroad train which had stopped at a station for the purpose of taking on passengers had notice that an old man- about 67 years of age got aboard the train for the purpose of assisting a blind passenger to a seat and intended to alight immediately, the conductor being requested by him to hold the train until he could carry out this intention, and where the train was started before he had time to alight, and in attempting to alight he found the passageway on the step of the coach so obstructed by the conductor as to prevent him from correctly judging the speed of the…