Railway Co. v. Cox
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. James W. Butler, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by appellee against appellant company on a claim of damages to the person of plaintiff, in the sum of $5000, and was tried by a jury, and determined in the Jackson circuit court, at its spring term, 1893, resulting in verdict and judgment against appellant in the sum of $800, from which it duly appealed to this court. Abstract of the Evidence.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. James W. Butler, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by appellee against appellant company on a claim of damages to the person of plaintiff, in the sum of $5000, and was tried by a jury, and determined in the Jackson circuit court, at its spring term, 1893, resulting in verdict and judgment against appellant in the sum of $800, from which it duly appealed to this court. Abstract of the Evidence. On the night of the second of-June, 1892, at about 8 o’clock, the plaintiff arrived at Tuckerman from Swifton (both in said Jackson county), on defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
(after stating the'facts). It is a duty which railroad companies owe to their passengers, and others having business, to keep the way of ingress and egress to and from their stations, to points of embarkation and debarkation in and from their trains, open and free from obstructions. This, of course, means that the way shall not be unnecessarily obstructed, nor obstructed for an unreasonable time, even when necessarily obstructed. While such is the obligation of a railroad company in any case, there is also a reciprocal duty devolving upon its passengers, and that reciprocal duty of the…
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