Dempsey v. Market Street Railway Co.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the wife as the result of defendant’s negligence. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendant, but the trial court granted a new trial, and defendant has appealed from that order.

According to plaintiffs’ testimony, they boarded a streetcar operated by defendant, and Mrs. Dempsey walked through the car to the front. She had her left hand on a stanchion, and was about to step down to the motorman’s platform, when the car stopped with a violent and sudden jerk, throwing her…