Huddleston v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; 1. Railroad companies should not permit mail bags to be thrown from their trains at a place and in a manner calculated to injure people rightfully on its premises. 136 Mass. 552; 49 Am. Rep. 40; 56 Minn. 345; 45 Am. St. R. 469; 97 N. Y. 494; 49 Am.
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; 1. Railroad companies should not permit mail bags to be thrown from their trains at a place and in a manner calculated to injure people rightfully on its premises. 136 Mass. 552; 49 Am. Rep. 40; 56 Minn. 345; 45 Am. St. R. 469; 97 N. Y. 494; 49 Am. R. 540. It was erroneous and prejudicial to’ submit a question to the jury upon which there is no evidence. 63 Ark. 177; 70 Ark. 441; 74 Ark. 19; 78 Ark. 177; 80 Ark. 260; 115 5. W. 381. It is not necessary that the injured person should-have purchased a ticket; if he was rightfully on the…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
J. W. Huddleston, complaining of the St. Louis, Iron- Mountain & Southern Railway Company, says:
“That on the ...... day of March, 1908, a certain fast northbound passenger and mail train, commonly known as number twenty-eight, passed said station, Arkadelphia, at a high rate of speed, and from which train it was the practice and custom of defendant, and had been for a long time, to permit the mail cletk or agent to throw or eject from the mail car, which was attached to and a part of said train, a mail pouch or bag on to the platform of said station, in a manner and at a place which subjected…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- L. R. & F. S. R. R. v. PayneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
- Carpenter v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Barringer v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Co. v. BlewittSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Snow v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. WoodsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Missouri Pac. R.R. Co., Thompson v. ShoresSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
- Memphis, Dallas & Gulf Railroad v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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