Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Trautwein

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Depue, J.

Emma Trautwein, the defendant in error, on Sunday, the 11th of September, 1887, was a passenger on a train of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company from New York city to Lyndhurst, New Jersey. She took passage in the company’s train, leaving New York at nine o’clock in the evening, and reached Lyndhurst about nine thirty-five P. M. She alighted from the train, and in leaving the station to reach the street fell over some railroad ties and received injuries for which this suit was brought. On a verdict for the plaintiff below,…