Mooar v. Pittsburg Railways Co.

Citations

• 219 Pa. 616
• 69 A. 76
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 635

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passenger—Riding on platform — Contributory negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>In an action by a passenger against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by being thrown from the rear platform of a street car, a nonsuit is properly entered where the evidence shows that before the car reached the street where plaintiff was to alight, and after the street had been called twice by the conductor who knew where plaintiff was to alight, the plaintiff arose from his seat in the body of the car, passed the conductor in the aisle, and while the car was going at a high and increasing rate of speed took his stand on the back platform, and was thrown therefrom by the violent lurching of the car in going around a curve.</p>