Rist v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 236 Pa. 218
• 84 A. 687
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 737

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passenger alighting from car— Presumption.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company by a passenger to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while alighting from a car at a usual stopping place, which was in an unsafe and dangerous condition, no presumption of negligence on the part of defendant arises from the mere happening of the accident. The burden is upon the plaintiff to prove negligence, and an instruction to the contrary is reversible error.</p>