Arseneau v. Sweet
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $500 for personal injuries. The street at the place of the accident was eighteen feet wide from the outside rail of the track to the curb. The case was tried before Charles L. Smith, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $225. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Respondent recovered a verdict in the court below for $225 for injuries which she claimed to have sustained in being struck by an automobile, driven by appellant, while she was in the act of boarding a street car in the city of Minneapolis. Appeal was taken from an order denying appellant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
*258According to respondent’s testimony, she was standing on the curb on Central avenue, near the intersection of Second street, waiting for the car going toward the city. She saw the car coming down Central avenue, stepped into the street, and was within two or…
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