Griffin v. Payne

Tbe opinion of tbe court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

While tbe plaintiff was engaged in opening tbe side door of a freight car on tbe Pennsylvania railroad, in which were goods consigned to tbe plaintiff’s employer, at Jersey City, tbe door, owing to tbe decayed condition of tbe adjoining wood, into which its binges were fastened, suddenly fell out and upon tbe plaintiff, causing injuries which present the basis of this action. The car containing a shipment of perishable fruit from Richmond, Virginia, was the property of the C. C. & St. L. railroad, a. connecting carrier, and came into tbe…