Ricks v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Ricks v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
While it appeared from the testimony introduced by the plaintiff that the defendant railway company was chargeable with a violation of its duty as a common carrier, in that its train was not stopped at the station at which he wished to board it a sufficient length of time to afford him a reasonable opportunity to do so, yet as he confessedly, in order that he might not be left at that station, voluntarily assumed the risk of - attempting to get aboard after the train was started and while it was in motion, the trial court committed no error in granting a nonsuit, he having made no effort to show that the servants of the company were guilty of any misconduct save that of not stopping the train at the station a reasonable length of time.
Judgment affirmed.
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