Southern Railway Co. v. Witt
Southern Railway Co. v. Witt
Opinion of the Court
The third count of the complaint conforms to subdivision 5 of section 3910 of the Code of 1907, and was not subject to the defendant’s demurrer.—Woodward Co. v. Herndon, 114 Ala. 191, 21 South. 430; A. G. S. R. R. Co. v. Brock, 161 Ala. 351, 49 South. 453.
The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that the engineer caused the engine to come.back against the car, upon which he was fixing the drawhead preparatory to the coupling, without a signal, and that it was the duty of said engineer not to' come back until the plaintiff signalled him to do so. The jury could also infer from the plaintiff’s evidence that when the ' plaintiff was on the drawhead his car was stationary and that the engine end of the train was either standing or was going from him, and that he did not therefore go between moving cars in violation of the rule or that his conduct was the proximate cause of his injury. The negligence of the engineer as well as the proximate contributory negligence of the plaintiff were questions for the jury, and there was no error in refusing the general charge requested by the defendant as to count 3, which was the only one that went to the jury. Nor are we prepared
The judgment of the city court is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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