South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. Hossfeld

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellee brought this action against the appellant company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her and recovered a judgment for one thousand dollars.

The appellant asked an instruction upon the subject of contributory negligence, and the failure of the lower court to give this instruction is, one of, the errors assigned for reversal. The appellee in her petition alleged and her evidence tended -to show that as .she was in the act of alighting from the car. that had stopped for the purpose of letting her off, it was suddenly…