Higgins v. Public Service Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pitney, Chancellor.

The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for damages by reason of personal injuries sustained by her in a collision with an electric street railway car operated by the defendant company. Reversal is asked because of the refusal by the trial judge of defendant’s motions for nonsuit and for direction of a verdict. These motions were based solely upon the ground of contributory negligence.

The occurrence took place in the daytime, on Montgomery street, in Jersey City. This street runs approximately east and west, and there are…