Southern Railway Co. v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court, Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Action by Luther C. Jordan against the Southern Railway Company for damages for injury to him while a passenger. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under the act creating said court.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
Appellee was a passenger on one of appellant’s trains from Bluffton, Ala., to Cave Springs, Ga. At Cave Springs he attempted to alight from the train, that started before he could get off, and as he *529was coming clown the steps the conductor threw the step box in front of him, causing him to fall from the train and to receive personal injuries. For damages for the injuries sustained appellee brought suit in the circuit court of Cherokee, the county of his residence.
Appellant appeared specially, and filed a plea in abatement, stating that appellant was a foreign corporation, and that the injury…
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