Pittsburgh & L. E. R. v. Wiegel

Citations

• 191 F. 577
• 112 C.C.A. 183
• 1911 U.S. App. LEXIS 4968

Syllabus

<p>Carriers (§ S20*) — Action f<\\r Injury to Passenger — Questions for Jury.</p> <p>Evidence considered, in au action against a railroad company to recover for an injury to a woman passenger, received when alighting from a train after dark at a way station, and held, to justify the submission to the jury of the questions whether defendant provided proper lights, whether the train was stopped so as to bring the steps of the car opposite the station platform, or at a place where the ground was uneven and more than ordinarily dangerous, and whether the conductor had such information as to make it his duty to assist plaintiff.</p> <p>LEd. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. § 1214; Dec. Dig. § 320.*]</p>