Evans v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

In the early evening of July 28, 1958, F. J. Mc-Farlane (decedent) entered the Second Street station *570of the Market Street subway of tbe Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), in Philadelphia. After paying his fare, decedent entered upon the station platform provided for westbound trains.1 In some unexplained manner,2 the decedent fell upon the subway tracks. At the time of the accident, decedent was lying in the space between the rails of the westbound track with “one leg and part of a foot” on one rail. While lying in that position, decedent was struck by a…