Reid v. Scranton Transit Company

Opinion by

Me. Justice Baenes,

On June 13, 1938, plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s street cars, traveling northward in the Borough of Dunmore, Lackawanna County. The car reached its terminus on North Blakely Street, plaintiff’s destination, at about four o’clock in the afternoon. In order to make its return trip to Scranton, it proceeded upon the crossover switch from the northbound to the southbound track before coming to a stop about twenty feet south of the intersection of North Blakely and Warren Streets. After the car had stopped, the motorman opened the automatic door at the…