Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Sutherland

Mrs. Lena Sutherland, joined by her husband, Charles H. Sutherland, brought this suit against the Dallas Railway Terminal Company, a street railway company, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Sutherland as a result of personal injuries to her while a passenger on one of its street cars. It is alleged that the servants of the defendant company were guilty of negligence in the movement of the street car on which she was a passenger, in that the car was started suddenly and quickly with force and violence so as to jerk the car without giving her notice or warning of their…