Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. McBryar

John McBryar brought suit against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company to recover damages for injuries sustained by him by the alleged negligent acts of the defendant while he was in the act of alighting as a passenger from the defendant’s train after it reached the plaintiff’s destination. It was alleged that the defendant was negligent in that after it stopped the train it did not wait a sufficient time for him to alight, and that •as he was going down the steps of the train it was suddenly and violently jerked by the defendant, and that he was thrown violently to the ground and…