Cook v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The plaintiff recovered judgment, for damages for personal injuries sustained by her while a passenger in one of defendant’s street cars. Defendant appealed, assigning, as error, refusal of its motion for judgment n. o. v.

On January 23, 1932, at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, the plaintiff and her daughter boarded one of defendant’s trolley cars, northbound on Fifth Street, Philadelphia. After the trolley had passed Tabor Road and was approaching Olney Avenue, where they intended to alight, they arose from their seat located behind the conductor’s booth in the center…