Atlanta Consolidated Street Ry. Co. v. Bates
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of .Atlanta. January term, 1897. Bates sued the railway company for damages from personal "injuries alleged to have been caused by his being knocked •down by one of its cars, as he stepped from the rear platform •of another of its cars, upon which he was a passenger and which had stopped for the purpose of letting him off, the car that struck him being upon a parallel track and approaching •from an opposite direction.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of .Atlanta. January term, 1897. Bates sued the railway company for damages from personal "injuries alleged to have been caused by his being knocked •down by one of its cars, as he stepped from the rear platform •of another of its cars, upon which he was a passenger and which had stopped for the purpose of letting him off, the car that struck him being upon a parallel track and approaching •from an opposite direction. He alleged that the defendant was guilty of negligence in each of the following particulars: 'The car that ran upon him was…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
It appears from the record in this case, that the plaintiff was injured under the following circumstances: A car upon which he had been traveling had stopped at - a street-crossing, for the purpose of enabling him to alight. He departed from the car at the rear end, on the side next to a parallel track of defendant’s line. This side was as much open to egress from the car as the other. The plaintiff was partially deaf. There was some evidence that the conductor warned him of the approaching car, and went to the extent of following him out to the rear platform and putting his hands on his…
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