Lawton v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Per Curiam,

Plaintiffs’ appeal from a judgment of the court below refusing to take off a nonsuit in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Lawton, in a fall while alighting from one of defendant’s cars. The claim was based on the theory that a defect existed in the step causing it to drop a few inches as plaintiff placed her foot on it, thus causing her to lose her balance and fall. In entering a nonsuit the court below held there was no evidence that the step, a folding one that raised and lowered with the closing and opening of the door, dropped further…