Reid v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.

Defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment non obstante or a new trial.

Plaintiff, a passenger on a street car, in descending to the street, stepped on a bulge or hump two to five inches high in a creosote block paving which was covered by over two inches of snow. She fell and was seriously injured. It is claimed that defendant was negligent in failing to select a safe place for plaintiff to alight.

The street railway company, like any common carrier of passengers, must exercise the highest degree of care — commensurate with the practical management and…