Birmingham Ry. L. & P. Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for Injury to Passenger. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action bj E. D. Taylor against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. This is an action of damages for personal injuries received by a passenger in alighting from a car on defendant’s line.
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Action for Injury to Passenger. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action bj E. D. Taylor against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. This is an action of damages for personal injuries received by a passenger in alighting from a car on defendant’s line. The allegations of the first count are that plaintiff was a passenger on one of said cars which was going from Birmingham to Avondale, and upon reaching a point at or near the intersection of Twentieth street and Avenue F the said car stopped…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The first assignment of error is, that the court erred in overruling defendant’s objecthm to Ihe question to Spencer, witness for plaintiff, viz : “At that time (of the injury) state to the jury whether cars were in the habit of stopping just this side of Avenue P on Twentieth street to let passengers off and ouv” Defendant objected to the question because it called Per irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent evidence, and because it was not an inquiry in reference to cars on the line on which plaintiff was injured.
There can be no doubt, but that the question related to the car on which…
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