Miller v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

The action is for alleged injury to the person of the plaintiff, sustained by her in stepping off one of the cars of the defendant. Her claim is that the company neglected to provide, as was customary, a bench for her to alight on ; the step being three or four feet from the ground, and there being an insufficiency of light, she came so heavily down that the ligaments of her knee-joint were severely strained. There is considerable evidence showing the serious character of the hurt and that it was painful and chronic. There was no…