Warden v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. cited and relied on Railroad Co. v. Jones, 95 U. S. 439; Hough v. Railway Co., 100 U. S. 213; Kresanowski v. Railway Co., 18 Fed. Eep. 230 ; 33 Amer. & E. Eailroad Oases, 358; 38 lb. 175; 17 Atl. Eep. 614; 21 Pac. Eep. 574; 8 Amer. & E. E. E. Oases, 523; 3 Amer. St. 230; &"prong v. Railroad Co., 58 N. Y. 56. cited Raihoay Co. v. McCally, 21 Pac. Eep. 574; Railroad Co. v. Robbins, 23 Pac.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. cited and relied on Railroad Co. v. Jones, 95 U. S. 439; Hough v. Railway Co., 100 U. S. 213; Kresanowski v. Railway Co., 18 Fed. Eep. 230 ; 33 Amer. & E. Eailroad Oases, 358; 38 lb. 175; 17 Atl. Eep. 614; 21 Pac. Eep. 574; 8 Amer. & E. E. E. Oases, 523; 3 Amer. St. 230; &"prong v. Railroad Co., 58 N. Y. 56. cited Raihoay Co. v. McCally, 21 Pac. Eep. 574; Railroad Co. v. Robbins, 23 Pac. Eep. 1Í3; Judkins v. Central Railroad Co., 14 Atl. Eep. 737; Railroad Co. v. Wallace, 13 S. W. 567; Langdon v. Penn. R. R. Co., 1…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
— Appellant was plaintiff below. He received personal injuries while in the service of the appellee as head or front brakeman on a freight train, and brought this action to recover damages therefor. The trial was had upon the general issue and several special pleas, each averring plaintiff’s contributory negligence. No evidence was adduced except on the part of the plaintiff; and upon this the court gave the general affirmative charge in favor of the defendant, on the theory that his own evidence was free from conflict, and all contrary inferences, to the proof of negligence on his part which…
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