Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.
Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
The plaintiff, Mrs. Thompson, a passenger upon the defendant’s street car, slipped upon a banana peel and fell, sustaining personal injury, as she was alighting from the car at the Southern Railway Station in the city of Green-ville, the terminus of the line. The Circuit Judge ordered a non-suit upon the ground that there was no evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant. His ruling is sustained upon the grounds stated by him. A *446 public street in a city is not to be regarded as a passenger station, for the safety of which a street railway' company npay be responsible, when used by passengers as a place to alight.
The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.
Reference
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- Thompson Et Al. v. Greenville Traction Co.
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- Carriers — Alighting Street Car Passenger, Who Stepped on Banana Peel in Street, Cannot Recover. — A public street in a city, at a point where a street car stops for passengers to alight, is not to ■ be regarded as a passenger station, in determining the duty of a street railway company towards its passengers, and a passenger, who stepped on a banana peel and fell, cannot recover.