Sweet v. Louisville Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cask 3 — Action to Recover Damages .for Personal Injuries.— APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Street railway companies are not obliged to make safe landing places, but to select them. Augusta Railway Co v. Glover, 92 Ga., 146. Such companies are liable for stopping their cars in the dark at places where it is dangerous for passengers to alight when injury results therefrom.
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Cask 3 — Action to Recover Damages .for Personal Injuries.— APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Street railway companies are not obliged to make safe landing places, but to select them. Augusta Railway Co v. Glover, 92 Ga., 146. Such companies are liable for stopping their cars in the dark at places where it is dangerous for passengers to alight when injury results therefrom. Richmond City Ry. Co. v. Scott, 86 Va., 902; Stewart v. St. Paul City Ry. Co., 80 N. W. Rep., 854; Sowash v. Consolidated…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of tiie coitp.t by
JUDGE O’REAR
Reversing.'
Appellant was a passenger on appellee’s street railway on the evening of July 4, 1899. It was dark when the car reached its destination. The cars were stopped at or ueai the usual street crossing. In attempting to alight, appellant. fell, severely injuring her ankle. She complains of appellee, charging it with negligence in stopping the car at a point wiiere the steps she wais to use in alighting w’ere just over a hole or unusual depression in the street, and in not warning her of the danger before she stepjied from the car. The evidence…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Richmond City Railway Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
- Stewart v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Sowash v. Consolidated Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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