Traphagen v. Erie Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, .1.

The plaintiff was injured May 22d, 1900, while alighting from a passenger coach of the defendant at Eidgefield. The negligence relied on, as stated in the plaintiff’s brief, is threefold — stopping the car at a point beyond the platform, failure of the train crew to assist the plaintiff to alight and a structural defect in the step of the car. The plaintiff’s own account of the accident is as follows: “I took hold of the railing with my right hand, and I put my right foot down first, but as I didn’t reach the ground I slipped forward and my…