Railway Co. v. Lawton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pope Circuit Court. Jordan E. Cravens, Judge. Action by L. P. Lawton against the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Company, a leased line of the Missouri Pa•cific Railway Company. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from Pope Circuit Court. Jordan E. Cravens, Judge. Action by L. P. Lawton against the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Company, a leased line of the Missouri Pa•cific Railway Company. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. I. Plaintiff was not a passenger, and the defendant owed him no other duty than that of ordinary care, after having knowledge that he came aboard to assist a passenger with the .intention cf getting off at the same station. 72 Mass., 70; 59 Mo., 34. Knowledge on the part of the officer in charge of the train that plaintiff was on the train for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtHemingway, J.
This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while leaving the defendant’s car, into which he.had gone to escort a woman and child and assist them with their hand-baggage to .a seat/
The matters charged in the complaint to cast liability upon the defendant are as follows : First, that the defendant did not stop its train the usual length of time or a reasonable time for persons to get on and off, and by reason, thereof the plaintiff fell from the step and was injured while attempting to leave the car; and, second, that while he was engaged in leaving…
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