East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. Kornegay
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. James R. Dowdell. This action was brought by the appellee, James IT. Kornegay, against the appellant railway corporation; and sought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained on account of the negligence of the defendant’s employes. Issue was joined on the plea of not guilty, and on the special plea of contributory negligence.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. James R. Dowdell. This action was brought by the appellee, James IT. Kornegay, against the appellant railway corporation; and sought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained on account of the negligence of the defendant’s employes. Issue was joined on the plea of not guilty, and on the special plea of contributory negligence. All the facts attendant upon the accident are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. The first charge asked by the defendant, which is referred to in the opinion, was the general…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
On the 5th day of March, 1889, one of the ■defendant’s trains going East and another of its trains going W est met at Yan Dorn, a flag station on the defendant’s road, .and the regular meeting point of the two trains. At that place the' defendant’s main track and a side track run East and West, the side track being North of the main track. On the day mentioned the East bound train stopped on the main track, and the West bound train took the side track. When the two trains arrived, the plaintiff was at his nephew’s house, about one hundred yards North of the point where a public dirt road…
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