Skean v. Schuylkill Valley Traction Co.

Citations

• 32 Pa. Super. 558
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 54

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Passenger—Alighting from car — Moving car — Question for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a passenger against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries the evidence showed that the car stopped in order to allow the conductor to go ahead, and see whether the track of a steam railroad was clear. Plaintiff testified that the stop was also for a street where she had been in the habit of alighting; she also testified that she was in the act of alighting, with one foot on the lower step of the car, when it moved and threw her to the ground, injuring her. Three witnesses testified that she stepped from the car while it was moving. One of these witnesses had been called by plaintiff. Held, that the case was for the jury, and that a verdict and judgment for plaintiff should be sustained.</p>