O'Connor v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Flansburg, C.

Action for damages for personal injuries resulting to plaintiff while attempting to hoard one of defendant’s street ears. The court directed a verdict for the defend- • ant. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff, by reason of an injury to his head sustained at the time of this accident, was caused to lose memory of the circumstances surrounding the accident, and at the time of trial he was still unable to recall how the accident occurred. His case therefore depends upon the testimony of one witness only, an employee of Armour Packing Company, who was a Lithuanian and spoke through an…