Van House v. Canadian Northern Railway Co.

Lees, C.

Plaintiff, a passenger on one of defendants’ trains, was injured on March 21, 1921, while alighting from the train. She brought this action, charging defendants with negligence, and recovered a verdict. Defendants have appealed from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Thurston and their children, plaintiff boarded the train at Beaudette to go to Graceton in this state. When the train arrived at Graceton, Thurston got off first. As his wife, followed by plaintiff, was getting off, the train began to move. Mrs. Thurston got…