Ellinger v. Phila., Wilmington & Baltimore R. R.

Citations

• 153 Pa. 213
• 31 W.N.C. 570
• 25 A. 1132
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1075

Syllabus

<p>[Marked to be reported.]</p> <p>Negligence — Railroads—Passengers —Alighting from train.</p> <p>A common carrier is not bound to protect its passengers from rudeness or bad manners on tlie part of strangers or other passengers, unless such conduct amounts to a breach of the peace.</p> <p>A woman is not entitled to recover damages from a railroad company for personal injuries where it appears from her own testimony that, when she was about to descend from the lower step of a car to the ground, she was jostled off by another passenger rudely pushing by her to enter the car.</p>