Watson v. Camden & Atlantic Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Oh error to the Supreme Court. On the 22d of November, 1889, the plaintiff in error was-a passenger entitled to safe transportation by the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company from the city of Philadelphia to the village of Berlin, in this state. He crossed the Delaware river upon a ferryboat operated by the defendant company in -connection with its railway, reaching the Gamden side at about six o’clock in the evening.
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Oh error to the Supreme Court. On the 22d of November, 1889, the plaintiff in error was-a passenger entitled to safe transportation by the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company from the city of Philadelphia to the village of Berlin, in this state. He crossed the Delaware river upon a ferryboat operated by the defendant company in -connection with its railway, reaching the Gamden side at about six o’clock in the evening. The ferryboat was constructed with two completely enclosed passenger cabins, one on each side of the boat, adjoining which were open ways for animals and vehicles. In the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chancellor.
The proofs satisfactorily establish that the plaintiff was practically invited by the defendant’s employes to pass from the boat by the vehicleway. The northerly passenger exit was closed. The southerly exit was *128narrow. When the boat was made fast to the bridge, although there were no animals or vehicles upon it, a gang-plank or slide was drawn to it from the bridge, and the vehicleway gate, behind which there was a waiting crowd, was thrown open as though a signal to the crowd to pass off that way.
The plaintiff was among the first of…
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