Richmond & Danville Railroad v. Vance
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action ig Passenger against Railroad Oompang, for Damages on account of Personal Injuries. Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. IT. A. Sharpe.
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Action ig Passenger against Railroad Oompang, for Damages on account of Personal Injuries. Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. IT. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by Mrs. .Dixie Vance against the appellant, a corporation operating the Georgia Pacific Railroad, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff on June 21st, 1890, while travelling as a passenger on said road, the train on which she was riding being derailed and partly wrecked. The complaint contained two counts, the substance of which is stated in the opinion. The only plea was the…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— Appellee sues to recover damages for personal injuries received while a passenger in defendant’s cars. The complaint contains two counts. The first avers that the negligence consisted in failure to keep in good and safe condition the switch at the point of the accident. The second alleges no special acts or omissions, as constituting the negligence ; it avers, generally, “that the defendant did not use due and proper care or skill in and about carrying plaintiff as a passenger as aforesaid, but so negligently and unskillfully conducted itself in that behalf, and in conducting, managing and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- South & North Ala. Railroad v. McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Ga. Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Ala. Great Southern R. R. v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- State v. MarlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
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- Kelite Products, Inc., and R. C. Martin v. Alvin J. Binzel, Jr., Trading as Kelite Products of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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