Rogers v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1916, No. 536, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Joseph M. Rogers v. Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shoemaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 206, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1916, No. 536, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Joseph M. Rogers v. Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shoemaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to take off the nonsuit. As a passenger on a train belonging to this defendant, plaintiff was entitled to safe egress from…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
The appellant was a passenger in a Pullman car which formed part of a train operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company on one of its lines. In attempting to alight from the car at ten o’clock at night, after the train had come to a full stop at a regular station, he fell, and, in this action for compensation for the injuries sustained, he charges them to the negligence of the Pullman car porter in failing to have a stool at the .foot of the .car steps to enable him to get off in safety. He testified that the night was quite dark; that after the…
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