Hanlon v. Central Railroad of New Jersey
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 8, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial.' The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The plaintiff, a passenger in a train upon the defendant’s railroad, had arrived at her destination in Jersey City and, while stepping from the car to the station platform, was injured by falling to the ground. It appears from the evidence that plaintiff was in the act of descending the car steps, when the train conductor reached out his hand to help her; taking her arm by the elbow. Before she had stepned down upon the platform, the conductor withdrew the support of his hand and she fell between the platform and the car. She had a verdict and the judgment thereupon has been affirmed below.…
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