Waldie v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad

The plaintiff has recovered a judgment for damages resulting from an injury received while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars. The evidence is conflicting upon the question of negligence, but it was fairly submitted to the jury. The version of *923the accident given by the plaintiff is certainly a more reasonable one than that offered in defense, and it cannot be said that the result is against the weight of evidence, so as to require or justify a reversal. The appellant contends, however, that the learned trial court erred in permitting the plaintiff to prove that at the time of the…