Watkins v. Birmingham Railway & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by the appellant, William E. Watkins, against the appellee, the Birmingham Bail-way & Electric Company, and sought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by reason of the defendant’s negligence. The cause was tried upon issue joined upon the plea of the general issue and the plea of contributory negligence.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by the appellant, William E. Watkins, against the appellee, the Birmingham Bail-way & Electric Company, and sought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by reason of the defendant’s negligence. The cause was tried upon issue joined upon the plea of the general issue and the plea of contributory negligence. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon the introduction of all the evidence, the plaintiff requested the court to give to the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
Appellant was a passenger on a train operated by appellee on its “East Lake Dummy Lime” between East Lake and Birmingham’; haying boarded the train at Woodlawn to ride to Twenty-fourth street in Birmingham. At the time he paid his fare he told the conductor he desired to get off at Twenty-fourth street, and ■. when the train was between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-fourth streets he left his seat in the rear car and, went out to the back platform, and as .the train slowed up for the west crossing, which was the proper side of the street on which to stop, and after the engine and front car had…
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