Supreme Court of Pennsylvania November 20, 1883 (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Schwindling)

Mr. Justice Green

delivered the opinion of the court, November 20th 1883.

At the time the plaintiff received his injury he was standing on the platform of the defendant, so close to its edge that, according to the theory upon which the case was tried for the plaintiff, he was struck by a slight projection from the side of a passing freight car.