Central of Ga. Ry. Co. v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Russell Circuit Court. • Action by Canty Chambers against, the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Russell Circuit Court. • Action by Canty Chambers against, the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The case made by the pleadings as to the first count is that at a time named the defendant was operating and running a freight train composed of a number of freight cars and caboose and engine on its line of railway which ran east and west through the town of Hatchechubbee, Russell county, Ala., which track crosses the public highway in said village, which was the only highway along which persons on…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
— The demurrers addressed severally and separately to each count of the complaint took objections, the language of which would lead to a classification as follows: (1) That on the facts alleged plaintiff was a trespasser to whom defendant owed no duty; (2) that plaintiff on his own statement of his case was guilty of contributory negligence.
Without affirming the sufficiency of the averments of the several counts in all respects, we state our conclusion that, as for any specific objection taken by the demurrer, the ruling as to each of them was free from error. To state briefly the substance…
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