Birmingham Electric Co. v. Cleveland

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] To state the case very briefly, plaintiff's (appellee's) version is that defendant's electric street car stopped at a customary place of stopping where he awaited it to take passage, that he waited until a number of passengers alighted, after which, with reasonable expedition, attempting to get aboard, he reached up and caught some part of the door of the car, whereupon the door was closed, catching his hand, and the car moved ahead, dragging him along until he…