Raub

Raub v. Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co.

Good Law
103 Cal. 473·1894 Cal. LEXIS 804·37 P. 374
Supreme Court of CaliforniaAugust 1, 1894No. 19317California738 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Harrison, J.

The plaintiff took passage upon a car of the defendant to be transported from Glendale to De Camp station. De Camp station is a station upon the road of the defendant within the limits of the city of Los Angeles, and is printed upon the published time table and list of its stations. The defendant does not issue tickets from Glendale for that station, but for all stations or stopping places within the limits of Los Angeles tickets are sold to Los Angeles. The trains of the defendant always stop at this station, and passengers are accustomed to get off and on at that place. The plaintiff had frequently taken passage from Glendale, had got off and on at this station, and had been informed by the conductor that he always stopped there. On the morning of May 6, 1892, she purchased a ticket at Glendale for Los Angeles, and *475 took passage on the defendant’s road. When the train reached De Camp station it stopped a short distance beyond the platform, and while the plaintiff was in the act of getting off, and had reached the lower step of the car, the train started without any warning, and she was thrown to the ground, and received injuries for which this action was brought. At the…

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