Case Name: Matilda Pfluger, Respondent, v. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-01-08
Citations: 222 N.Y. 633
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matilda Pfluger, Respondent, v. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 222
Pages: 633–633

Head Matter:
Matilda Pfluger, Respondent, v. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Appellant.
Pfluger v. Interborough B. Pr. Co., 170 App. Div. 915, affirmed.
(Argued December 20, 1917;
decided January 8, 1918.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 30, 1915, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint' by the court at a Trial Term and granting a new trial in an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through defendant’s negligence in caus ng or suffering plaintiff, when boarding one of défendant s subway trains, at the Fourteenth street station, in the city of New York, on the 11th of October, 1912, to step into the open space or cavity between the side door of the south-bound express car, at which she was entering, and the concave curve of the station platform at that point, and fall down and hurt herself. The answer was a general denial and plea of contributory negligence.
B. H. Ames, Frederick Allis and James L. Quackenbush for appellant.
David C. Hirsch and Saul Levine for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed and , judgment absolute ordered against appellant on the stipulation, with costs in all courts; no opinion.
Concur: Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Cardozo, Pound and Andrews, JJ. Not voting: Crane, J.