Phila. R. v. Alvord

Citations

• 128 Pa. 42
• 24 W.N.C. 430
• 18 A. 391
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 768

Syllabus

<p>1. Where, in an action against a railroad company to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff’s testimony, though uncorroborated and flatly contradicted, described as the cause of her injuries the conduct of a brakeman which was in violation of his duty and negligent, the case presented was to be submitted to the jury.</p> <p>2. The plaintiff testified that as she was about to ascend the steps of the ear, the brakeman sprang upon the steps in front of her, and the start he gave her caused her to fall. In such case, it was error to submit to the jury, as a fact in evidence, that the plaintiff testified that she was pushed or jostled by the brakeman.</p>