Giger v. New York, N. H. & H. R.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Giger, the plaintiff, was a passenger on the defendant’s railroad. On the morning in question he boarded a commuters’ train at New Rochelle, a suburb near New York, and finding no seats, stood in the vestibule of the coach, at the rear end on the left side. The vestibule was of a common kind; the steps leading to the platform were covered by movable plates, mailing a flooring with the platform proper from side to side of the ear, on whicli passengers might stand. There were doors at either side which slid into the body of the car, and when shut, made a closed…