Case Name: THE C. H. & D. RY. CO. v. DAGNER
Court: Hamilton County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1897-11
Citations: 20 Ohio C.C. 712
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE C. H. & D. RY. CO. v. DAGNER.
Judges: Before Smith, Swing and Cox, JJ.
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the circuit courts of Ohio
Volume: 20
Pages: 712–712

Head Matter:
(First Circuit—Hamilton Co., O., Cir’t Court
Nov. Term, 1897.)
Before Smith, Swing and Cox, JJ.
THE C. H. & D. RY. CO. v. DAGNER.
Railroad — Negligence—Duty to clear access to train at station from snow — Correct charge—
See s. c., 39 B., 19.
Error to the Court ol Common Pleas of Hamilton county.
The defendant in error recovered a judgment below for $900, for injuries resulting from a fall over one of the rails of the company’s in-bound track at Oumminsville, which she was crossing to reach a train on the out-bound track. Snow bad fallen during the night, but it had been cleared from the station platform, and one or more walks made across the in-bound to the out-bound track.
The charge asked by the railway company which was refused, was: “I charge you that the defendant in this action was only bound to exercise ordinary care in view of any dangers to be apprehended, and that the failure of the defendant to remove snow from Us tracks, is not negligence per se. ”
The general charge of the court on this subject, was: “If you find from the testimony that the defendant did use the care in clearing the approaches to this train, that a prudent person would have exercised under the circumstances, then your verdict will be for the defendant.”
Ramsey, Maxwell & Ramsey, for Plaintiff in Error.
Chas. IT. Baker, contra.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This special charge was correct, and there was error in refusing to give it, inasmuch as the general charge left out of view the last part of the special charge.