SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Floyd

Quillian, Judge.

The evidence disclosed that: Mrs. Floyd walked along the sidewalk over the railroad tracks en route to a dress shop; while returning from the shop she' was in the process of crossing the tracks again when she fell; she stepped on the train rail and her foot slipped off the rail and her heel went into a hole causing her to fall; that she was familiar with the crossing; she thought she knew the hole was there; she was looking down and watching every step she made.

The defendant contends that Mrs. Floyd did not exercise due care for her own safety because she knew the hole was…