Deery v. Camden & Atlantic R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 83, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., March T., 1891, No. 493, entering judgment of nonsuit. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Fell, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was injured on Aug. 6, 1889, while alighting from a train at the Excursion House, Atlantic City. Plaintiff ha,d purchased a round-trip ticket from Atlantic City to Longport.
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Appeal, No. 83, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., March T., 1891, No. 493, entering judgment of nonsuit. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Fell, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was injured on Aug. 6, 1889, while alighting from a train at the Excursion House, Atlantic City. Plaintiff ha,d purchased a round-trip ticket from Atlantic City to Longport. On her return she rode in a combination car, which was used, one half for passengers and one half for trunks and parcels. During the ride the car became crowded, both ends and between the seats…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bv
Mb..- Justice McCollum,
In getting off the defendant company’s car the plaintiff received an injury which she attributes to the negligence of the company and for which she seeks to recover compensation in this action. There is no reason to suppose that she would have been injured if in leaving the car she had conformed to a rule of the company which she observed in entering it. At each end of the car there were the usual conveniences for ingress and egress, consisting of a door, platform, steps and railing. It was a rule of the company well known to the traveling public that its…
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