Dillon v. Manhattan Railway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from, circuit court, Hew York county. Action for personal injuries by Margaret E. Dillon against the Manhattan Railway Company. There was judgment for plaintiff, and, after a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while getting aboard the defendant’s car at the Fiftieth-Street station. After the conductor cried, “All aboard,” the plaintiff stepped onto the car platform, and proceeded towards the door, with other people, both in front of her and behind her; and without warning, and before the gate was shut, the train was suddenly backed, and immediately jerked forward again in so violent a manner as to throw her off her balance; and, in endeavoring to catch the railing to prevent her falling, she wrenched her knee…
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