Snowden v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 236 Pa. 52
• 84 A. 591
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 709

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Sudden halt and start of car— Passenger — Evidence — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover damages for death of a woman passenger, the case is for the jury and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will he sustained, where there is testimony tending to show that as the car on which the deceased was riding, approached a regular stopping place and was running very slowly, it was suddenly halted and then suddenly started forward on a curve, throwing the deceased from the body of the car where she was standing onto the platform and from the platform to the street.</p>