Rome Railroad v. Wimberly

Hall, Justice.

The plaintiff took passage on the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta, and at Kingston, by the Rome Rail road, to Rome. She paid her fare, and had her baggage, a lady’s Saratoga trunk containing her wearing apparel, checked to the latter point, which she reached, and where she spent the night. Her trunk was not carried to the hotel where she lodged, but remained in the baggage room at the depot of the Rome Railroad. The next morning, she went to the station for the purpose of pursuing her journey on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad to Prior’s, a way…