Garland v. Southern Railway Co.
Garland v. Southern Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
Where a petition, in an action against a railway company for per. sonal injuries, alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was a passenger upon a freight-train of the defendant; that, at the request of the conductor, he occupied a seat in the upper part of the cab and remained there until the train reached the outskirts of the town to which he was-going, when the train coming to full stop, which the plaintiff thought was for tlie'purpose of allowing him to get off, he, in order to get his effects together preparatory to leaving the train, followed the conductor to the lower part of the cab; where the conductor left him standing, saying to him, “Stay here until we pull up to the depot, and you can then get out ” ; that the train then moved forward rapidly, and plaintiff, for the purpose of seeing when he reached the depot, stood by a window of the-cab, holding firmly to the window, in such a position as to protect himself against all ordinary and usual jerks and jars incident to a freight-train ; that while he was in this position the train, by reason of the neg
Judgment reversed.
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