Rothchild v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, July T., 1893, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phiia. Co., Sept. T.,’1890, No. 339, entering compulsory nonsuit. Trespass for personal injuries. At.the trial it appeared that, on Aug. 22, 1890, plaintiff sprained her ankle while alighting from one of defendant’s trains at the station at Tamaqua. Plaintiff claimed that there was too much space between the steps and the platform, and that the platform was insufficiently lighted.
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Appeal, No. 159, July T., 1893, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phiia. Co., Sept. T.,’1890, No. 339, entering compulsory nonsuit. Trespass for personal injuries. At.the trial it appeared that, on Aug. 22, 1890, plaintiff sprained her ankle while alighting from one of defendant’s trains at the station at Tamaqua. Plaintiff claimed that there was too much space between the steps and the platform, and that the platform was insufficiently lighted. On the question of the width of space between the steps and the platform, L. Koenig, a witness for plaintiff, testified: “ Q. This train that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The injury which led to this action was received by the plaintiff while she was in the act of alighting from the defendant company’s car at Tamaqua on the evening of the 22d of August, 1890. It appears that she fell between the steps of the car and the platform, and sprained her ankle so that for several weeks she was unable to walk without the aid of a crutch or cane. After she had substantially recovered from ■the effects of her fall it seems she thought the company ought to compensate her for it on the theoiy or ground that her fall was attributable to its…
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