Southern Railway Co. v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages,- from city court of Polk county — Judge Irwin. November 3, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtKussell, J.
Mrs. Dora Wright brought suit against the Southern Eailway Company for $10,000, damages on account of injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the act of an agent or employee of the defendant company in jerking her from one of its passenger-trains. The original petition contained also an allegation that the plaintiff’s fall (which was the cause of her injury) was caused by the fact that the stool which was placed at the foot of the car-steps, to aid passengers in alighting, was placed upon rough and uneven ground; but this allegation was abandoned upon the trial. The jury rendered a…
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