Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. King
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chilton Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Action by Sula King against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SAYRE, J.—
(1, 2) No tenable objection was taken to the complaint. The trouble with plaintiff’s case arose out of the evidence. The evidence showed that plaintiff was young and able-bodied; she had been accustomed to labor of a sort that necessarily implied at least the usual strength of women of her age; .she did the work of her household; she did the cooking and washing, and she helped her husband in the field. There was nothing to put her in the class of the aged, the very young, infirm, or helpless passengers, to whom railroad companies are under obligation to furnish aid in getting on or…
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