Merritt v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received in alighting from one of the defendant’s trains. The plaintiff was a passenger on a way train from South Norwalk, Connecticut, to Port Chester, New York, on the evening of December 20, 1892, and rode with his nephew in a seat facing forward near the middle of the car. As the train approached Port Chester, the brakeman called the station and passed out at the rear of the car, leaving the door open. After the car stopped, the plaintiff and his nephew walked backward from their seat to leave the car, and as the plaintiff…