Bard v. Pennsylvania Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 375, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Sept.T., 1894, No. 25, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Livingston, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned, among others, was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The appellant attempted to take passage on one of the cars of the defendant company. It was full to overflowing at the time and there was no standing room in the car or upon the platform. The appellant finally effected a lodgment of one foot upon the platform and supported the other on the outside of it. In this position he held himself by means of the post at the outside corner of the platform, being directly against the outer end of the dash, or inclosure of the platform. An employee of the defendant came to the car to adjust the trolley *99pole and to enable him to reach it he…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Thirteenth & Fifteenth Street Passenger Railway v. BoudrouSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Germantown Passenger Railway Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
3Cited by10 opinions
- Bumbear v. United Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Harding v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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- Nieboer v. Detroit Electric RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
- Thayne v. Scranton Traction Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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