Hatcher v. Quincy Horse Railway & Carrying Co.

Defendant in error (hereafter called plaintiff) sued the plaintiff in error (hereafter called defendant) for damages for a personal injury alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendant’s servants in starting a street car in motion while plaintiff was attempting to board it as a passenger. The case has been tried three times in the circuit court. At the first trial the jury disagreed. On the second trial there was a judgment for plaintiff. Defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Appellate Court for the Third District and that court reversed the judgment for errors of law committed on…