Alward v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while upon a platform of a station of the defendant and entitled to the rights of a passenger. The plaintiff waited upon the platform where was to come the Mattapan car which she *245desired to take. There were berths, designated by numerals, along the platform where cars stopped for the purpose of discharging and receiving passengers. The time was about five o’clock in the afternoon. There was a crowd on the platform. While the plaintiff was thus waiting, a car stopped at berth No. 1; then a…