Veith v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.

Defendant has appealed from a verdict and judgment allowing plaintiff $2,-587 damages for personal injuries. Having entered one of defendant’s street cars as a passenger, she fell to the floor when the car started, striking her left arm on the end or arm of a seat and fracturing a bone of the forearm. She avers .that the car was started with a sudden or extraordinary jerk. Whether the car was started with an extraordinary jerk is the only question at issue in the case.

Plaintiff was 69 years old at the time of the accident. She entered a car from the rear door, and was walking to one of the…