East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railroad v. Lockhart
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Chilton. Tried before the Hon, James E. Cobb. This action was brought b.y Louisa Lockhart, an infant, suing by her next friend, against the appellant as a common carrier, to recover damages on account of personal injuries; and was commenced on the 2d January, 1884. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff, having procured and paid for a ticket on the defendant’s road from Calera, in Shelby county, to Dixie, in Chilton county, was carried more…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Chilton. Tried before the Hon, James E. Cobb. This action was brought b.y Louisa Lockhart, an infant, suing by her next friend, against the appellant as a common carrier, to recover damages on account of personal injuries; and was commenced on the 2d January, 1884. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff, having procured and paid for a ticket on the defendant’s road from Calera, in Shelby county, to Dixie, in Chilton county, was carried more than a mile beyond her destination, and put off at Keyser’s Mill, with her baggage, remote from the station, alone and…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The action is in tort, and is brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by the negligence and wrong of the defendant in carrying her more than a mile beyond the station which was her destination, and turning her off the train. The negligence and wrongful conduct of the defendant’s servants are not controverted. The assignments of error are mainly directed to the relevancy and competency of evidence, respecting the physical condition of the plaintiff, her fright, the condition of the road over which she returned to the station, and her subsequent sickness, which was…
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