Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Denton

This suit was originally instituted by Luther Denton to recover damages from the Railway Company for personal injuries alleged to have been.sustained when he fell while riding as a passenger for hire upon one of defendant’s trains, the declaration charging that while in the act of alighting from the train a sudden and violent jerk of the locomotive caused him to lose his footing and fall. The declaration also avers as a cause of action defendant’s failure to furnish plaintiff medical attention after he was injured.

The alleged fall occurred on December 8, 1937, at Dayton, Tennessee. The…