Southern Ry. Co. v. Pruett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Anniston; Thomas W. Coleman, Jr., Judge. Action by Mrs. W. A. Pruett against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under Act April 18, 1911, p. 449, § 6. Thel case is stated in four counts. The first alleges that she was negligently informed by defendant’s waiting woman that the west-bound train was the proper train for her .to take.
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Appeal from City Court of Anniston; Thomas W. Coleman, Jr., Judge. Action by Mrs. W. A. Pruett against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under Act April 18, 1911, p. 449, § 6. Thel case is stated in four counts. The first alleges that she was negligently informed by defendant’s waiting woman that the west-bound train was the proper train for her .to take. The second alleges that defendant’s flagman negligently failed to inquire her destination, thereby • negligently setting her aboard the wrong train. The third…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The case made is well stated in Ibrieif by counsel for appellant. The reporter will set out the appropriate matter from the brief to constitute a statement of the facts.
[1] Common carriers are responsible to their passengers as for injuries and damages suffered, proximately resulting from the negligence of the agents of the carrier while acting within 'the line and scope of their authority; but the carrier is not so liable as for injuries or damages suffered by the passengers, if such proximately result from the negligence or any willful act of the passenger. Notwithstanding the high degree…
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