Neuman v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Justice Arnold,

This is an action of trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife-plaintiff when she was alighting from a streetcar in the city of Pittsburgh. Her testimony was to the effect that the car was suddenly started forward while she was about to step from the platform, and she was thrown to the ground. Her injuries were confined to the back and ankle.

At trial the defendant offered to prove from’an alleged business record1 that, according to the conductor, the car was in a stationary position and the plaintiff, holding her child by the hand,…