Smith v. Union Railway Co.

Plaintiff was a passenger on a west-bound One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street cross-town car. She testified that when the car was approaching Sheridan avenue, and had reached the middle of the block, she gave a signal to the conductor to stop the car, walked to the front platform, and, whffe standing there, the car gave a jerk, the door opened and her hand was caught *70in the door before the car came to a stop. At first the plaintiff testified the motorman opened the door by pushing his foot on something, but, when pressed by defendant’s counsel, she admitted she did not know whether the…