Davis v. Camden, Gloucester & Woodbury Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

The plaintiff was a passenger on a trolley car of the defendant.

She claims that while upon the runboard of the car, and in the act of alighting, the car was started by the motorman, without signal, and without any notice or warning that it was about to be started.

When the plaintiff rested the evidence of the plaintiff and her granddaughter, a child of twelve years, established these facts. Upon the evidence the nonsuit was rightly refused.

The defence was that the car was not stopped, but simply coming to a stop, at the time the plaintiff…