Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Parker

Harrison Parker brought an action against the railroad company to recover damages for injuries received while a passenger on the defendant’s train. There was verdict and judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant railroad company took writ of error.

The declaration is in two counts. In the first count it is alleged that while the plaintiff, a passenger was trying to get inside of a car, the defendant, “did, with sudden force and violence, negligently and unmindful of the rights of the plaintiff as a passenger, suddenly jolt and jerk forward said train, running the same forward a few feet,…