Pullman Co. v. Bullard

SIBLEY, District Judge.

Mrs. Bullard recovered judgment in a suit at law against the Pullman Company for personal injuries due to a fall over her suitcase which she claimed the Pullman porter had negligently set down in the dimly lighted dressing room in front of the door but concealed from her, as she enteréd, by the door curtains. The company appeals. The assignments of error all relate to the charge of the court.

The court refused a written request to charge thus, “While pleadings are not evidence of the facts alleged therein, they are binding upon the party who files them and any…