Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Parks

Mrs. Annie W. Parks sued the Seaboard Ail Line Railway Company and The Pullman Company jointly for damages from injuries sustained while traveling in a chair car belonging to The Pullman Company and operated by the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company.

Just before reaching her destination, the plaintiff left her seat in the chair car and proceeded towards the dressing room preparatory to getting off the train, and as she proceeded down the narrow aisle between the drawing room and the side of the car, she caught her foot under an iron pipe and fell and sustained serious injuries to her hip.

The…