Brien v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.

There was evidence tending to show that the female plaintiff, hereafter called the plaintiff, was injured by the untimely starting upon signal from the conductor of a car of the defendant upon which she was a passenger while she was in the act of stepping from the running board to the ground, whereby she was swung around against the running board, and that she screamed. There was also evidence to the contrary tending to show that the plaintiff had alighted from the car and was standing on the ground attempting to get one or more bundles from the car, when it started, and that she made no…