Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Jacobs
Court of Appeals of Georgia
No error of law appears, and the evidence supports the verdict. Action for damages; from city court of Bainbridge—Judge Spooner. August 30, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
This is a suit brought by a passenger against the railway company, to recover damages for personal injuries caused by negligence. The petition alleges, in substance, that when the train upon which plaintiff was a passenger was approaching the station at which she intended to disembark, and after an agent of the company had announced the approach of the train to that station, she left her seat in the car and went out on the platform, preparatory to alighting; that the train was moving very slowly when she got up from her seat and when she stepped out on the platform; that the train, instead of…
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