Moore v. Atlantic & Suburban Railway Co.
Moore v. Atlantic & Suburban Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff instituted this action to recover compensation for injuries 'which she received, as she alleged, while attempting to board a trolley car of the defendant company in Pleasantville, and which, as she claimed, was caused by the negligence of the operator of the car. Her story told on the witness-stand at the trial of the cause was that the trolley car stopped at a street intersection to discharge and take on passengers; that she, with a Mrs. Eck, started to get on the car, Mrs. Eck going first and the plaintiff following her ; that Mrs. Eck got on safely, but as the plaintiff got one foot on the step the car started up, and she was thrown to the ground; that as the result thereof her leg was severely bruised; that she also received a bruise across the lower portion of her abdomen, and also that she suffered a severe nervous shock. Her story as to the happening of the accident was corroborated by the testimony of Mrs. Eck. The jury awarded her a verdict of $500; and, a rule to show cause having been allowed the defendant, it is now contended before us that the finding of re
The rule to show cause will be discharged.
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