Ferrier v. Chicago Railways Co.

This is an action brought by Louise M. Ferrier, plaintiff, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received while alighting from one of defendant’s cars. She claims that the defendant,1 through its servants, negligently folded up the step on which she was about to place her foot, so that she stepped directly from the platform to the ground, falling on her left side. Defendant’s testimony tended to show that the step was in place when she alighted and that she slipped or stumbled on the street as she was walking away from the car and some feet from it. The jury returned a verdict…