Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Co. v. Collins
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Greene Circuit Court; Charles E. Henderson, Judge. Action by Goldie Collins, by her next friend, James S. James, against the Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, P. J.
Appellee recovered a judgment in the trial court for $1,650, by reason of personal injuries suffered by her in alighting from appellant’s train at Midland, Indiana. The complaint is in two paragraphs. The negligence charged in the first paragraph is, in ■ substance, the failure of appellant to stop its train at Midland Station a sufficient length of time to enable appellee to alight in safety; permitting the aisle and platform of the car to be crowded with other passengers, and thus obstructing appellee in her passage from the car; starting the train as appellee was about to step from the…
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