Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Russell Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Action by Canty Chambers against the Central of Georgia Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Russell Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Action by Canty Chambers against the Central of Georgia Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The oral charge of the court, to which exception was reserved, is as follows: “If you believe from the evidence that the fireman was in trusted with the duty of giving the moving signal to the engineer, then if the train was permitted to stand across the public road crossing for more than a reasonable time, then after it had done so, it became the duty of the fireman before giving the moving signal to look out…
1Opinion of the Court
MAYFIELD, J. —
Appellee, plaintiff below, lost his little toe and a part of the next to it while attempting *154to cross over the bumpers of two connecting freight cars that were blocking a public road crossing in the town of Hatchachubbee, Ala. ;'and he sued the defendant railway company to recover his damages suffered in consequence of such injury. The action resulted in a verdict for $10,000, which amount, on the defendant’s application for a new trial, was reduced by the trial court to $7,500, and judgment was rendered for the reduced amount. From the judgment the defendant prosecutes this…
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