Wible v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff based her right to recover on the allegation that the car suddenly lurched forward as she was about to alight. She alone swore to this state of facts. The defendant produced the evidence of the motorman and conductor and three disinterested witnesses who all testified substantially that the car did not lurch forward but that the plaintiff alighted while it was in motion. The verdict was in favor- of the plaintiff. The defendant asks that the judgment be reversed because it is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, and…