O'Hanlon v. Murray

Plaintiff’s intestate was killed when he stepped from the platform in defendant’s subway station in the city of New York onto the tracks and was struck by a train. The subway station was so arranged that passengers had to pay their fares before entering upon the platform bordering the tracks. The surface of the platform was four feet above the tracks. A witness for the plaintiff testified that as he stood on the platform waiting for a train he noticed the intestate lying on the tracks, and, giving warning, ran to the rescue. He said that in the presence of two station agents he lifted the man…