Murray v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Citations

• 173 Pa. 74
• 34 A. 213
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 660

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—Passengers—Alighting from, moving train.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages suffered by a passenger while alighting from a train, a nonsuit is properly entered where the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff shows that plaintiff while a passenger on defendant’s railroad heard one of the defendant’s employees announce the station at which he wished to alight, that he rose from his seat, went out upon the platform, and while the train was still in motion stepped off and was injured ; that after the station was announced the train continued to move slowly in order to let a passenger train that was going the other way and was in the station move out; that it was dark at the time of the accident and plaintiff stepped off, believing that he was being carried beyond his station.</p>