Kruntorad v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant. After the evidence was taken the trial court, on motion, directed a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff has appealed.

While plaintiff was descending a stairway that had been erected against an embankment on the defendant’s right of way, at a point near the intersection of Twenty-fifth and Monroe streets, in the city of South Omaha, one of the steps gave way, causing plaintiff, to fall and receive the injuries complained of in this action. Plaintiff alleges that defendant had for a long…