Ames v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The plaintiff sues to recover from the defendant company for injuries received by her while alighting from one of its open cars. Her claim is that, as she was stepping from the car, which had come to a stop to enable her to get off, the car suddenly started forward, throwing her to the ground. She herself testifies that the accident happened in the way related, and she is corroborated in her story by a single witness, who was standing on the sidewalk near at hand.

The defendant denies that the car started while the plaintiff was in the act of…