Joyce v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Willis, J., denying a motion for judgment for defendant notwithstanding a verdict for one thousand dollars for plaintiff, or for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injury. On the trial plaintiff had a verdict, and from an order denying a new trial defendant appeals.
Defendant’s train of electric cars, consisting of the motor car and trailer, was running north on Wabasha street in St. Paul. Just after the train crossed Tenth street, it stopped, to take some passengers aboard. Plaintiff was the last of these passengers to board the car. She got upon the step at the back end of the trailer. She *340testified that she stood with one foot on the step and the other on the platform, with her hand on the railing, and asked…
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