Barton v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict of $3000 in favor of the plaintiff, Mary L. Barton, and against the Pittsburgh Railways Company. The plaintiff brought the action to recover damages arising out of personal injuries suffered while she was descending from one of the defendant’s street cars.

The defendant claims that the lower court erred in refusing its motions for judgment non obstante veredicto and for a new trial.

The plaintiff was a paying passenger on the street car of the defendant, a common carrier. She testified that as the car…