So. Ry. Co. v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for Damages for Personal Injury Received in Alighting from a Moving Tram. Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Action by Patterson against the Southern Railway Company for damages, the nature and character of which, together with the facts, sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
— The plaintiff received his injuries from a fall caused by stepping from one of the defendant’s passenger trains while moving. It was shown both by the averments of the complaint and his testimony that he had boarded the train for the purpose solely of assisting an old lady, who was nearly blind, at her instance and request, to take passage upon it; and before he could locate her in a seat the train began to move out of the station. According to the averments of the complaint and his testimony, he told the conductor in charge of the train, before boarding it, of the old lady’s condition and…
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