Friend v. South Side Elevated Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment of $5,000 for personal injuries. On August 20, 1906, Mrs. Adelheid Friend, hereinafter called plaintiff, fell on the floor of an elevated railroad car, owned by the defendant, as it was standing still at the Madison street and Wabash avenue station in Chicago. She was at this time 54 years of age and weighed 220 pounds. She was a passenger on the car and had just arisen from her seat near the middle of the car to go to the door to alight when the accident happened. The floor of the aisle of the car was covered with matting, in two long pieces each 20 inches…