Norris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Schaefer,

Following a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, the court below entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto, and we have this appeal by plaintiff.

From the testimony in plaintiff’s behalf the jury could have found the following facts: Plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s railroad, having traveled from Wilmington, Delaware, to Philadelphia. In leaving Broad Street Station, she used the steps leading into Market Street. An employee of defendant, whose duty it was to keep the steps clean, had swept up a pile of dirt and left it on one of the steps where it…