Sanders v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. April 1, 1898. The action was for personal injuries received by the plaintiff ■on alighting from a train of the defendant upon which he was a passenger.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. April 1, 1898. The action was for personal injuries received by the plaintiff ■on alighting from a train of the defendant upon which he was a passenger. The declaration alleged, that on becoming a passenger he informed the conductor that he wished to get off the train at or about the “stop-post” near the Ocmulgee river bridge, at which point, under the rules of the defendant, all trains were required to stop before passing over the bridge, and the conductor accepted his fare to that point, but the train was not stopped there; that…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
There are thirty-one grounds set out in the motion for a new trial. In connection with said grounds, we have •examined the evidence in the record, and the charge of the court; and our conclusion is, that under the facts of this case the alleged errors complained of in grounds '8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, and 28 need no especial elaboration. These contain principles of law given in charge to the jury, and some of them are clearly laid down in the code as the statute law of this State. Others are familiar principles *134which this and other courts of last resort have…
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