Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Blount Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. E. Blackwood. Action by Roscoe S. Maxwell by next friend, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for eviction from a train, and for putting him off at wrong destination. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals to the Court of Appeals, the cause being transferred to the Supreme Court under the act creating the Court of Appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Plaintiff, in the court below, appellee here, purchased from defendant’s authorized agent at Atmore, in Escambia county, a ticket for transportation from that place to Garden City in Cullman county, and took passage accordingly. Defendant’s line of railroad between these two points, which, we think we may safely assume to know, are something like 250 miles apart, passes through Montgomery and Birmingham. At Montgomery the conductor in charge of the train informed plaintiff that the train was not scheduled to stop at Garden City, and that it would be necessary for him to change cars at…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railway Co. v. NuzumIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- McGhee & Fink v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- South & North Ala. Railroad v. HuffmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Ala. Great Southern Railroad v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Manning v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
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3Cited by3 opinions
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