Shirley v. Louisville & Nashville R.

This action was brought by Polly May !Shirley to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her in alighting from defendant’s train after it stopped at its station in Clarksville.

The gist of the cause of action stated in plaintiff’s declaration was this: She bought a ticket and got on the train at Guthrie, Kentucky, and rode in the car for colored persons to Clarksville. When the train stopped at the station she started down the steps and ‘ ‘ on the first step below the floor level of the coach she stepped upon some litter or trash (which she had not seen) which…