Davis v. Savannah Union Station Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. December 7, 1915. Mrs. Davis fell when attempting to alight from a passenger-car of a train of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company in the Union Station at Savannah; and she sued the Union Station Company for damages on account of injuries resulting from the fall.
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Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. December 7, 1915. Mrs. Davis fell when attempting to alight from a passenger-car of a train of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company in the Union Station at Savannah; and she sued the Union Station Company for damages on account of injuries resulting from the fall. In her petition it was alleged, that the defendant owned and operated the Union Station, and had charge of the operation of all trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company while in the station; that when her son and his family,went to the train to go…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
Under the plaintiff’s testimony (the only testimony introduced), it was not error for the court to grant the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit. Judgment affirmed.
As to what occurred at the station the plaintiff testified as follows : “When we reached the gate to the Union Station Company I asked the gateman . . would he please let me go through to the train to help my son with the bundles, and he said ‘Yes.’ . . The conductor or flagman — some one in uniform — was there at the car when we reached there, and I said, ‘I will be back,’ or ‘will come back.’ . . I entered the train and stayed there…
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. CrunkIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Perry v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Suber v. Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Killian v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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