Herbich v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The ease presented by the plaintiff, who-was a very young child, was that she was thrown from an electric car of the defendant company, after she had entered *382it as a passenger in the charge of her mother, by the negligence of the employes who were operating it, and was very seriously injured. The negligence alleged was that the car was started before she had been afforded an opportunity to be seated; and, further, that it was started with a sudden and violent jerk. There was a judgment for the plaintiff, and this writ of error is sued out to…