McCullom v. Atlantic City & Shore Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MiktuRN, J.

On the 20th of July, 1907, the plaintiff was a passenger upon defendant’s car on Atlantic avenue, in Atlantic City, the car being of the open summer pattern, with seats running crosswise and a running board at the side which was used as a step for ingress and egress. She intended to alight at Massachusetts avenue, and attempted to attract the conductor’s notice for the purpose of notifying him of the fact, but, failing in that, she stood up and motioned to him, and he gave the usual signal for the car to stop. The car lessened its speed,…