Dykstra v. Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway Co.

Mary Dykstra, the plaintiff, recovered a judgment against the defendant, a suburban railway company, in an action for negligence in starting its car, whereby she was thrown to the pavement and injured. The declaration alleges that:

“And plaintiff avers that, when said car arrived and stopped at Washington avenue, said plaintiff arose from her seat, carrying her purse in her left hand, and walked to the rear end of said car for the purpose of alighting therefrom, and, while in the act of alighting from the rear platform of said car as aforesaid, without any fault or negligence on her part, and…