Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Hubble

Mrs. Hubble, the wife of the plaintiff, was a passenger upon the train of the defendant company. At a certain point on her journey in the State of Alabama the coach in which she was traveling was attached to another train. In making the coupling it was contended that the contact between the two sections of the train was so violent that she was precipitated from her seat, inflicting certain internal injuries. The husband brought suit against the company under an Alabama statute authorizing him to recover for the loss of services and his wife’s society. The defendant denied that the plaintiff’s…