Kaiser v. Detroit United Railway

Christopher E. Kaiser, the plaintiff, sued the Detroit United Railway to recover damages for injuries sustained by being assaulted and forcibly thrown from a moving car by one of defendant’s conductors. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $2,000, and judgment followed on November 5, 1909. A motion for a new trial was denied, and the case is in this court on a writ of error.

The chief contentions of counsel for appellant are (1) that a verdict should have been directed in favor of the defendant for want of any competent testimony tending to show that defendant owned or operated…