Chartrand v. Southern Railway Co.

— The plaintiff, while in the act of stepping from one of the defendant’s oars, fell to the ground, receiving a severe shock and some braises on her body which her evidence tended to show resulted in an attack of nervous prostration. The plaintiff’s dress caught on a threaded bolt on the platform of the car, which caused her to trip and fall. The action was commenced before a justice to recover damages for the injury sustained, and also compensation for medical treatment and medicines. It was averred in the complaint that the bolt extended about three-eighths of an inch above the tap, that…