95 Ga. 736 | Ga. | 1895
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 on her journey where it was necessary to change cars, she arose, stood upon the seat and attempted to take down her bundles, and while in this position, the cars suddenly moved, and she was thrown from the seat on which she was standing to the floor and injured. It appears that the train safely .reached its destination, stopped at the usual place for
Let the judgment of the court below be Reversed.