Huckaby v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal froim Grant Circuit Court; W. II. Evcms. Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This cause is revived liere in the name of Amis, appellant’s administrator, because of her death pending the ■appeal.
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Appeal froim Grant Circuit Court; W. II. Evcms. Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This cause is revived liere in the name of Amis, appellant’s administrator, because of her death pending the ■appeal. Plaintiff ¡brought this suit for personal injuries ¡alleged to have ¡been received while she was attempting to board defendant’s train ¡at Alexandria, La., alleging that she started to step from the box to the lower step of the ¡car; that it lurched suddenly backward and threw her against the steps and as she straightened up it lurched forward and caught her foot in the space between the tread of…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,(1) (after stating the facts). The rule is so well established in this State as to be no longer questioned that a prima, fade case of negligence is made out against a railroad company by proof of an injury to a passenger caused by the operation of its train. Section 6773, Kirby’s Digest; Barringer v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co., 73 Ark. 548; K. C. Sou. Ry. Co. v. Davis, 83 Ark. 221; St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Stell, 87 Ark. 308; St. Louis & S. F. Rd. Co. v. Coy, 113 Ark. 265, 168 S. W. 1106.
And the rule is the same when the injury results from the operation of the train to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. CoySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Barringer v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. HickeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. StellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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- Dillahunty v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Miller v. Mass Transit AdministrationCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1973
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