| City of New York Municipal Court | Dec 15, 1899
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by him through the negli.gence of the defendant, while he was lawfully an occupant of.one of defendant’s cars. The plaintiff entered the car about fifteen minutes before it left Cleveland, which was at 8.50 on the evening of October 5, 1896. He retired at about 9.30, and arose the next morning about a quarter to six, about an hour before the car was due at Cincinnati. He was proceeding from his' berth at one <end of the car, towards the wash room at the other end, and when half way stumbled over a large valise which the defendant’s porter had knowingly permitted to remain in the aisle. The car was dimly lighted and the first intimation the plaintiff had of the dangerous condition of this passage-way was when he stumbled and fell and received the injuries complained of. He had a right to assume that the passage-way was safe and the question of contributory negligence, therefore, was for the jury. Piper v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 76 Hun, 44" court="N.Y. Sup. Ct." date_filed="1894-02-12" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/piper-v-new-york-central--hudson-river-railroad-5506111?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="5506111">76 Hun, 44. The plaintiff, while
The judgment and order appealed from affirmed, with costs.
Eitzsimons, Ch. J., and Scotchman, J., concur.
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs.