Southern Railway Co. v. Crowder
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. W. W. Wilkebson. This action was brought by Mary B. Crowder, the ap-pellee, against the Southern Hallway Company. The complainant claims $30,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by her while a passenger on a train operated by the defendant company, which injuries were alleged to have been caused by reason of the negligence of the defendant, and its employees.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. W. W. Wilkebson. This action was brought by Mary B. Crowder, the ap-pellee, against the Southern Hallway Company. The complainant claims $30,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by her while a passenger on a train operated by the defendant company, which injuries were alleged to have been caused by reason of the negligence of the defendant, and its employees. The defendant pleaded the general issue and contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. Upon these please the trial was had. Upon the trial the following…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Damages are claimed for injuries received by the plaintiff while she was travelling from Decatur to Huntsville as a passenger on a train used by defendant for carrying passengers and freight. The car used for passengers was a caboose attached to the rear end of the train. The conductor provided for plaintiff in the rear of the caboose a chair, which in testifying she described as being narrower than an ordinary chair, without arms and having a low back and a hard wooden bottom. Plaintiff’s evidence tendsi to prove that while the train was being moved about a way station she was thrown from…
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