Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Wall

Simmons, Chief Justice.

The action was for damages from personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in alighting from a train on the defendant’s railroad. It appears from the declaration, that he was a passenger on the train, and had given notice to the conductor that he wished to get off at a certain station; but the train on reaching the station ran by the regular stopping-place without stopping, and while it was still in motion a flagman in the employment of the defendant told the plaintiff to come upon the platform of the passenger-car and to get off', as the speed was sufficiently…