Baker v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

TeeNCHARd, J.

This writ of error brings under review a judgment of the Essex Circuit Court in favor of the plaintiff below in an action of tort for negligence.

The plaintiff, Anna M. Baker, was a passenger on an eastbound street car of the defendant company and wished to get off at Prospect street, East Orange. The car stopped and she went to the rear platform and was about to alight, when she fell and was injured. The accident happened March 10th, 1907, at 5 :30 p. M. It had been snowing heavily all the afternoon and the street and car platforms were…