This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...Annie May Hass against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company for damages caused by the com pany carrying her beyond her destination. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals. Reversed and remanded. The gravamen of the complaint Is that plaintiff became and was defendant's passenger on said car to be carried by It to a point on said line, to wit, Park avenue, in the city of Birmingham, which said Park avenue was at said time and on said occasion a regular stopping place on defendant's said line for the discharge of Its said passengers; that plaintiff was carried a long distance past her said destination, and as a proximate consequence thereof plaintiff was compelled to walk back to her destination, and, rain falling, plaintiff was made wet, her clothing Injured, plaintiff was made sick, etc. Plaintiff avers that defendant was guilty of negligence In and about carrying plaintiff beyond her destination, etc. Plaintiff's evidence tended to show that Park avenue bisected the blocks between Sixth and Seventh avenues; that she lived on Seventh avenue, and her destination was her home; that, before reaching Park avenue, she signaled the conductor with the bell, and the conductor rang the bell for the motorman to stop the car; that he did not stop at Park avenue, and she rang the bell again before the car reached Seventh avenue; that it ran on without stopping until it reached Eighth avenue, where plaintiff left It In the rain without an umbrella; and that she shortly thereafter contracted a cold and bronchitis, and was sick for several weeks. The evidence tended to show, also, that, had she alighted at Park avenue, she must have walked half a block in the rain to get to her home. That plaintiff stated, not in resp...