Frizzell v. Omaha St. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Agnes Frizzell, brought an action against the defendant, the Omaha Street Railway Company, for .$25,300 damages for negligence in the operation of one of its cars upon which she was a passenger, which she alleged inflicted serious injury upon her person. She averred in her petition that while she was riding upon this car it came to a complete stop; that she then arose from her seat and stepped upon the running board, which extended along the side of the car, and was in the act of alighting; that the conductor of the car saw her thus alighting, and that…
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