Jewell v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court; Allen Hughes, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Jewell was a passenger on appellee’s railroad going north, intending to get off at Nettleton. For some reason, not definitely explained by him but evidently on account of his being asleep, he failed to get off at Nettleton, although the station was duly called and stop was made of sufficient time to allow passengers to debark.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court; Allen Hughes, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Jewell was a passenger on appellee’s railroad going north, intending to get off at Nettleton. For some reason, not definitely explained by him but evidently on account of his being asleep, he failed to get off at Nettleton, although the station was duly called and stop was made of sufficient time to allow passengers to debark. Shortly after the train passed Nettleton, the conductor discovered him, and Jewell then learned for the first time that he had passed the station, and asked the conductor where he was. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiup. C. J.,
(after .stating the facts.) Briefly stated, the appellant .through his negligence missed getting off the train at his destination, and for his accommodation the train was later stopped, and he was let off about half a mile north of the station at about eleven o’clock, on a dark and rainy night, and he attempted .to walk back along the railroad track, and in doing so was injured by falling into a trestle. He claims he was misled by the conductor in stating that the train was in the yards, when in fact it was beyond the yards and beyond that part of the track with which he was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wilson v. New Orleans & North Eastern R. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1890
- Bascom v. Wabash RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. DaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- St Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. NeedhamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916