Hatcher v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Hatcher v. Pennsylvania Railroad

54 A. 563, 69 N.J.L. 227, 1903 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 191

DecidedFebruary 24, 1903

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Hatcher v. Pennsylvania Railroad, 54 A. 563, 69 N.J.L. 227, 1903 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 191 (N.J. 1903).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The plaintiff: was injured while alighting from a train of the defendant company at its station at Elizabeth. His story, as told upon the witness-stand, is that, after the train had come to a stop, he went upon the platform of the car to alight; that before he had done so a bralceman pushed him from the train, and that, just as he was pushed, the train started up and he was thrown off. His story is entirely uncorroborated.

[228]*228The overwhelming weight of the testimony contradicts the plaintiff’s story, and shows that he was injured solely by reason of his own negligence; that he was not pushed off the train, but that he either stepped or jumped off, while it was still in motion and before it had come to a standstill.

The rule to show cause should be made absolute.

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Per Curiam.

The plaintiff: was injured while alighting from a train of the defendant company at its station at Elizabeth. His story, as told upon the witness-stand, is that, after the train had come to a stop, he went upon the platform of the car to alight; that before he had done so a bralceman pushed him from the train, and that, just as he was pushed, the train started up and he was thrown off. His story is entirely uncorroborated.

[228]*228The overwhelming weight of the testimony contradicts the plaintiff’s story, and shows that he was injured solely by reason of his own negligence; that he was not pushed off the train, but that he either stepped or jumped off, while it was still in motion and before it had come to a standstill.

The rule to show cause should be made absolute.

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54 A. 563, 69 N.J.L. 227, 1903 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 191, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/hatcher-v-pennsylvania-railroad-nj-1903.