St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company v. Porter

Appellee became a passenger on one of appellant’s trains at Rudy, Arkansas, on August 15. 1938, at about 11:20 a. m., going to Fort Smith. After she had boarded said train and had entered a coach to take her seat, she says the train was started with a sudden and violent jerk, causing her to fall across an arm of a seat so as to inflict the injuries of which she complains.

She brought this action to recover damages in the sum of $3,000 for such alleged injuries on September 19, 1938.. The negligence alleged in the complaint is that the operatives of said train suddenly, carelessly and…