Cole v. Simpson

Bose Cole, plaintiff, claimed that toward midnight on September 9,1939, she was a passenger on a bus of defendant Peoples Transport Corporation driven by defendant Simpson. The bus was routed over the streets of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights. Plaintiff alleges that when the bus reached a corner intersection in Muskegon Heights from where it begins its return trip to Muskegon, it came to a stop and while plaintiff was in the act of alighting, it suddenly started up without the driver’s giving any notice or warning to plaintiff; that the force of the sudden, unexpected starting caused her to…