Farmer v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.

The proof discloses that on March 27, 1922, at about eight-thirty a. m., while the plaintiff was on her way to work, she attempted to board a downtown subway express train at the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Lexington avenue station. As she was boarding the train at about the second or third car from the rear end, she in some way which she herself was unable to explain got one foot down into the space between the station platform and the car and she received the injuries for which she now seeks recovery from the defendant. Liability is predicated on defendant’s negligence in…