Sek v. Hudson Manhattan R.R. Co.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff in the Hudson County District Court for $300 damages and $18.60 costs. Plaintiff sustained an injury to his hand while a passenger on one of defendant's railroad cars and alleged negligence on the part of defendant; the latter denied that it was guilty of any negligence which was the proximate cause of plaintiff's injury, and asks this court to reverse.

The car upon which plaintiff was riding was crowded, all the seats were taken, and he was one of some twelve passengers standing in the vestibule close to the door. When the train…