East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. Green

Atkinson, Justice.

It appears from the evidence in this case, that the plaintiff was a passenger upon one of the defendant’s trains; that she had in her possession as part of her personal belongings two or three small bundles; and that when she entered the train, finding that the receptacles fastened to the side of the car above the seats, for holding packages and bundles of passengers, were beyond her reach, she stood upon a seat and placed her bundles in the receptacle herself. No servant of the company saw her do this, nor did she ask any assistance in so • doing. When she reached a point…