Dorman v. East St. Louis Railway Co.

— This is an action for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Emma Dorman while alighting from a street car of the East St. Louis Railway Company. Plaintiff obtained judgment for $10,250 from which defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff went to trial on her amended petition which contained the following specifications of negligence:

“1. That said street car was carelessly and negligently started forward before plaintiff had been allowed a reasonable opportunity to alight from same.

“2. That defendant carelessly and negligently failed and omitted to warn the…