Thorne v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1908, No. 3508, of nonsuit in case of Anna B. Thorne v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Bregy, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below at the conclusion of -the trial granted a nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off.
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Appeal, No. 116, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1908, No. 3508, of nonsuit in case of Anna B. Thorne v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Bregy, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below at the conclusion of -the trial granted a nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off nonsuit. — A railway is obligated to provide its passengers with a reasonably safe and proper place at which to enter and leave its cars, and that its…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
According to the testimony adduced in support of plaintiff’s claim, the accident which resulted in her injuries occurred under the following circumstances. The plaintiff intending to take a southbound car, stood on the northwest corner of an intersecting street, at a public crossing which was a flagging point. While there some three or four southbound cars, with passengers occupying the front platform of each, passed without stopping. With a view to getting accomodation on the next car by approaching it at the rear, plaintiff moved northward along the pavement…
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