Etson v. Fort Wayne & Belle Isle Railway Co.

The only question raised by this record is whether the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff testified that the person in charge of the defendant’s street car informed him that he had reached his destination, Fourteenth street, shortly before the car reached the first crossing. He thereupon went upon the rear platform of the car, and took hold of the brass handle on the side of the car, to be in readiness *495to alight when the car should come to a full stop. The car had nearly stopped, at a point midway between the two crossings, when, without warning, ‘ ‘…