Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. Lawrence
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court; H. B. Poster, Judge. Action by Mrs. N. J. Lawrence against tlie Alabama Great Southern Railway Company for damages for carrying her past her destination. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court; H. B. Poster, Judge. Action by Mrs. N. J. Lawrence against tlie Alabama Great Southern Railway Company for damages for carrying her past her destination. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Count 8 sets up the fact that defendant is a common carrier of passengers for hire between the stations of Coaling and Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa county, Ala., and that on December 21, 1912, plaintiff became a passenger from Tuscaloosa to Coaling, scheduled to stop at said last place; that defendant’s conductor or other employe took up and received from…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
This was an action brought by plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant, a common carrier of passengers, in carrying her by the station of Coaling, her home, and her destination upon this occasion, and to which as a passenger her transportation had been paid.
[1] Count 8 of the complaint, upon which the case was tried, states a good cause of action, and the case was properly submitted to the jury on a question of fact; the substantial controversy in the case being whether or not the station was properly announced in that portion of the train…
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