Powelson v. United Traction Co.

Citations

• 216 Pa. 583
• 66 A. 78
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 869

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Getting on car — Moving car.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries, the case is for the jury, where the evidence for the plaintiff, although contradicted, tended to show that plaintiff boarded a summer car; that when he saw the car coming about 100 feet distant he waved his hand to the motorman to stop, who at once put on the brakes so that when it reached the plaintiff it had almost stopped, and he stepped up on the running board and was about to go into the body of the car after the car had actually stopped, when the conductor rang the bell for the car to start; that it was instantly started with a jerk and threw him off and injured him.</p>