Ritchie v. City of Des Moines

The accident under consideration occurred on the evening of January 31, 1929, on Sixth Avenue, near its intersection with Jefferson Street, in the city of Des Moines. The accident did not occur upon any sidewalk or upon any crossing. At 6 P.M., the plaintiff boarded a street car on Sixth Avenue for home. She left the street car near the intersection above named. The street car made a "near stop” as it approached the intersection. It was at this point that the plaintiff left the street car, some distance south of the intersection, the street car being headed north. As the plaintiff left the…