Laverty v. Interurban Street Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial had at Trial Term before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The action is to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, on the evening of the 13th day of April, 1903, while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars.
According to the plaintiff’s own testimony, she started to get off the car without any signal to the conductor. She claims the car stopped and as she was about to descend, or *511in the act of descending from the rear platform, the car started suddenly and she fell and was injured.
By other evidence, which is uncontradicted, it is shown that the conductor, at the time, was in the car collecting fares…
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