Werbowlsky v. Fort Wayne & Elmwood Railway Co.

This is an action on the case to recover damages for injuries which plaintiff claims to have suffered while a passenger on one of the defendant’s streetcars, through the defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff recovered in the “Court below, and the defendant appeals.

Plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars, and claims that, having signaled the conductor to stop the car, and after the car had stopped, the plaintiff undertook to alight, when the' ear started suddenly, and threw him to the ground; that in falling his foot caught in a hole in the step, and he was dragged some distance.…