St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Harden
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from S'aline Circuit Court; A. M. Duiñe, Judge; STATEMENT BY TI-IE COURT. In November 1905 D. C. Harden moved with his family from Waco, Texas, to Hot Springs, Arkansas. When they arrived at Texarkana, they took passage from there to Hot Springs over the defendant’s railway.
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Appeal from S'aline Circuit Court; A. M. Duiñe, Judge; STATEMENT BY TI-IE COURT. In November 1905 D. C. Harden moved with his family from Waco, Texas, to Hot Springs, Arkansas. When they arrived at Texarkana, they took passage from there to Hot Springs over the defendant’s railway. Idessa Harden, a daughter of plaintiff, who at that time was not quite eighteen years of age, was an invalid, and D. C. Harden, her father, undertook to carry her in his arms from the train to the waiting room of the depot at Benton, Arkansas, where they changed cars for Hot Springs. It was about eight o’clock at…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the’ facts.) We do not find any error in the trial of these cases, and 1he only question requiring notice relates to order of -the court consolidating the cases for the purposes of the trial.
Our statute provides that “when causes of action of like nature or relative to the same question are pending before any of the circuit -or chancery courts of this State, the court may malee such orders and rules concerning the proceedings therein as may be conformable to the usages of courts for avoiding unnecessary costs and delay in the administration of justice, and may…
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