Rice v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 214 Pa. 147
• 63 A. 419
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 613

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passenger—Contributory negligence.</p> <p>The running board of a street car is not intended as a place of conveyance, but only as an aid to passengers in getting on and off the car. If passengers voluntarily ride upon it, they must do so at their own risk.</p> <p>Where a passenger on an open street car in anticipation of the stopping of the ear on the near side of a street, takes a position on the outside of the car, with one foot on the running board and the other on the body of the car, and, the car not stopping, continues in this position and is thrown off by a sudden jerk while the car is crossing the street, the street railway company will not be liable for the injuries sustained.</p>