Ala. Great Southern Railroad v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Sumter Circuit Court. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This action was brought by Eliza Chapman against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, a domestic corporation, and was commenced 28th July, 1884. The complaint avers that on the 15th August, 1883, while plaintiff was walking in a path near the track of defendant’s road, an engine on said road threw a cow from the track and against the plaintiff, whereby she was greatly injured.
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Appeal from Sumter Circuit Court. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This action was brought by Eliza Chapman against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, a domestic corporation, and was commenced 28th July, 1884. The complaint avers that on the 15th August, 1883, while plaintiff was walking in a path near the track of defendant’s road, an engine on said road threw a cow from the track and against the plaintiff, whereby she was greatly injured. The complaint further avers that the engineer of said engine and train failed to blow the whistle or ring the bell as said train entered the…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The case presented by the record does *618not call for the application of the principles which control when a trespasser on the track or right of way of a railroad company is injured by personal contact with the locomotive or train. Without having been first discovered, the plaintiff was injured, while walking along a path on the right of way of defendant, by being struck by a cow, which was thrown from the track of the railroad by the engine. On the undisputed facts, the defendant was not guilty of want of care or negligence in respect to any duty which the company owed plaintiff individuall/y.…
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