Morgain v. Y. & M. v. R. R.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of a car window falling on and mashing her hand. The plaintiff had a ticket which entitled her to passage on one of the defendant’s trains from Memphis to Lambert, Mississippi. She boarded the train at Memphis and took a seat by an open window in a day coach. After the train had proceeded for several miles and was beyond the Memphis City limits the car window fell and mashed her hand which was resting on the window sill. It is not known who raised the window or what caused it to fall. The declaration…