Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Scalf

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Knox Circuit Court entered upon a verdict awarding appellee$500 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by her, through the negligence of appellant’s servants, while she was attempting to enter a car of one of its trains as a passenger. .

It appears from appellee’s own testimony that her injuries were received under the following circumstances: After appellant’s train whistled for Ely, a station upon appellant’s railroad in Knox County, appellee bought a ticket entitling her to ride therefrom on…