Sutton v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 143, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 1,258, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. Henry Sutton v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Martin, P. J. ' At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was injured on January 26, 1904, while alighting from a car of one of defendant’s trains at Broad street station in the city of Philadelphia.
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Appeal, No. 143, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 1,258, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. Henry Sutton v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Martin, P. J. ' At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was injured on January 26, 1904, while alighting from a car of one of defendant’s trains at Broad street station in the city of Philadelphia. The facts connected with the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
Appellee while alighting from the front platform of the first car of the train on which he was a passenger, slipped on a thin layer of ice which covered, or partially covered, one of the steps. In the fall that resulted from this slippery condition he received the injuries for which damages are sought to be recovered in this action. The assignments of error raise two questions, namely, did the presumption of negligence arise under the facts of the case, and if no such presumption did arise were the proofs offered at the trial sufficient to submit to the jury on the…
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