Western Railroad v. Young
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Conductor. Negligence. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. October Term, 1872. Allen Andrews brought case against the Western Railroad-Company for $5,000 00 damages, alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the negligent running of its cars by the defendant.
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Railroads. Conductor. Negligence. Before Judge James Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. October Term, 1872. Allen Andrews brought case against the Western Railroad-Company for $5,000 00 damages, alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the negligent running of its cars by the defendant. The general issue was pleaded. . . Plaintiff was introduced and testified substantially as follows: He had bought a ticket to the steam-mills station on said road; he was traveling with a friend. The cars did not stop at said point, and, upon inquiry, witness was told that the conductor would put…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
1. The case of The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company vs. McCurdy, 45 Georgia, 288, we think, determines the first point made in the case. If the conductor of a railroad train agree to put a passenger off at a particular place, whether it be a regular station or stopping place or not, it would be the duty of the conductor so to stop the cars at that place that the passenger could get off in safety. It cannot affect the rule that the passenger had a ticket only to the station last passed, before reaching the place at which he was to be put off. The conductor had the power to…
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