Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Union Circuit 'Court; Jesse B. Moore, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Mrs. Stevens, then of Grayson County, Texas, on the 24th of December, 1905, was at El Dorado, and there purchased a ticket over the line of the appellant railroad company to Smith’s Crossing. Her mother lived about three-quarters 1 of a mile therefrom, and her brother was to meet her there, and he sent his conveyance there for her.
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Appeal from Union Circuit 'Court; Jesse B. Moore, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Mrs. Stevens, then of Grayson County, Texas, on the 24th of December, 1905, was at El Dorado, and there purchased a ticket over the line of the appellant railroad company to Smith’s Crossing. Her mother lived about three-quarters 1 of a mile therefrom, and her brother was to meet her there, and he sent his conveyance there for her. Smith’s Crossing is a flag station, trains only stopping there to take on or discharge passengers on signal or notice. There was no depot, not even a platform there. It was six…
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) 1. The court said: “If she bought a ticket and took that train, the company had notice that she wanted to get off at Smith’s Crossing.” Pursuant to this theory, the court instructed the jury and excluded testimony offered.
In St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Atchison, 47 Ark. 74, where a station agent had sold a ticket to a passenger to a given station and told him that a train then about to leave would stop there, when in fact, according to the rules of the company, it did not, Chief Justice Cockrill, for the court, said: “It is the duty of a passenger…
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- St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. v. AtchisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. RyanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1892
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