43 So. 576 | Ala. | 1907
Appellant’s counsel do not seriously insist that the trial court Avas in error in sustaining-the demurrer to the first, second, and third counts of the complaint; but they do insist that the sustaining of the demurrer to the fourth was erroneous. That count alleges that plaintiff was at one of the stations on defendant’s road for the purpose of being carried as a passenger ; that she was just recovering from a severe spell of sickness, on account of Avhich she Avas very Aveak and hardly able to Avalk; that when the passenger train of defendant reached the station “it was stopped for the purpose of taking on and putting off passengers, and that defendant then and there, through its agents and
But it is insisted that the count fails to show that plaintiff had been accepted as a passenger prior to receiving her injuries. We do not so read it, and do not think its language is fairly susceptible to any such construction. To the contrary, the averment shows clearly and unequivocally that she was accepted as a passenger before attempting to board, the train. It is of no consequence that she had not purchased a ticket or paid her fare at that time. Whether the count sufficiently shows that the agents or servants had knowledge of plaintiff’s physical condition is not raised by the demurrer. Their knowledge of it may certainly be fairly inferred from the facts averred; so, then, it cannot be said that the count fails to slate a cause of action.
There is clearly no merit in the contention that the count is subject to that ground of the demurrer that no facts are averred which show that defendant’s ser
The action of the court in sustaining the demurrer to the count under consideration was erroneous.
Reversed and remanded.