North Alabama Traction Co. v. Taylor
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appear from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Laura Taylor against the North Alabama Traction Company for damages for injury while a passenger. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appear from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Laura Taylor against the North Alabama Traction Company for damages for injury while a passenger. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The two- questions propounded to Zella Coleman on-cross-examination were: “(1) She- started to get off while it was not running slow enough for a woman to get- off in safety, is that right? (2) Isn’t it a fact that when the car stopped she was going down to the next corner, and changed her mind after the car stopped again?” The following charges were refused the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
The complaint attributes the injury complained of to the alleged negligence of the defendant’s (appellant here) employee or employees in charge of a street car on which the plaintiff was a passenger in starting the car while the plaintiff was in the act of alighting. The defendant pleaded the general issue and also contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.
The rulings of the court in sustaining objections by the plaintiff to two questions propounded to plaintiff’s witness Zella Coleman on cross-examination are assigned as errors. Each of those questions called for a mere deduction…
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- Highland Avenue & Belt Railroad v. BurtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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