Dixon v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Husband and wife sued to recover for injury sustained by the wife in alighting from a train; the jury rendered a verdict for her; the court in banc granted defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v. on the ground of her contributory negligence; she has appealed.

After the train stopped in the station at York, the porter placed the portable step-box in position below the car-steps to furnish continuous stepping facilities from the car platform to the station platform. According to plaintiff’s account, no one but the porter preceded her down the steps; the only passenger behind…