Linch v. Pittsburgh Traction Co.

Citations

• 153 Pa. 102
• 25 A. 621
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1057

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Injury to passenger while alighting.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries against a street railway company, it is proper to submit the ease to the jury where the plaintiff testifies that while riding on the back platform of a cable oar he told the conductor to stop and leave him off at a certain street; that the conductor rang the bell and the car slowed up; that plaintiff stepped down on the lower step, holding his dinner bucket in his right hand, and taking hold of the car handle with his left; that the car did not stop, and just as plaintiff was about to step to the ground the car started ahead at full speed; that plaintiff held on a little bit, and then swung around and fell up alongside of the car, and dislocated his shoulder.</p>