Bainbridge v. Union Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 37, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 5, Pliila. Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 1225, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Henry Bainbridge v. Union Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on an electric street car. Before Ralston, J. The court entered a judgment of compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to take off the nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The plaintiff below got on a car of the defendant company *72at Twelfth and Walnut streets, in the city of Philadelphia, and took a seat about the middle of it. When it was approaching Sixty-third street, of his own motion he left his seat and stepped down on the running board, holding the rail with his left hand and having in his right a bag containing tools. While in this position he says the car stopped with a sudden and violent jerk on the west side of Sixty-third street, and he was thrown off, sustaining the injuries for which he is seeking compensation.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thane v. Scranton Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Bumbear v. United Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Woodroffe v. Roxborough, Chestnut Hill & Norristown Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Powelson v. United Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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- Gaffney v. Union Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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