(DOWNLOAD) "Theflorida Railway Company v. M. S. Dorsey" by En Banc. Supreme Court of Florida # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Theflorida Railway Company v. M. S. Dorsey
- Author : En Banc. Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 01, 1910
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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WHITFIELD, C. J. -- Mrs. M. S. Dorsey, a widow, brought an action to recover damages for personal injuries while a passenger of the railway company. The negligence alleged is that the defendant in operating and running its train did not stop long enough to allow the plaintiff a reasonable time to alight from the car, but ""carelessly and negligently started said train * * * and carelessly and negligently put said train in violent quick motion, which said careless and negligent act * * * threw the said plaintiff violently to the ground by means of which"" she was injured. The declaration was demurred to on the grounds that it is not the carrier's legal duty to see that a particular passenger safely leaves the train; that the carrier's only duty is to allow the passengers in general a reasonable time to alight unless the passenger is decrepit and the carrier knows of it; that it is not shown that the passengers did not have a reasonable time to alight at the time of the injury, or that plaintiff was decrepit and