Chandler v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

The question to be decided in this case is whether the judge erred in directing a verdict for the defendant.

The plaintiff was the only witness called. She was a passenger on a car marked “Broadway, Everett” going to Everett Square. She knew that the car always stopped at the square and therefore she did not ring the bell. She rose from her seat, as the car was stopping, and when it stopped she started to go toward the door. “The conductor was facing toward her.” She put her hand on the crossways seat to steady herself and, when the car stopped, she took perhaps two steps from her seat and…