Railroads v. Collier

This is an appeal in error prosecuted by the Louisville & Nashville and the Nashville, Florence & Sheffield Railroad Companies from a judgment of $375 recovered against them by M. A. Collier, as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him in alighting from one of their passenger trains while moving slowly, and passing Wayne Station, the place of his destination.

The Court below charged the jury as follows:

“It is the duty of railroads, and of the defendants ' in this case, when they have a passenger aboard destined to a particular station on such road, upon nearing such…