Muskogee Electric Traction Co. v. Jackson

This was an action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff below, the defendant in error, while attempting to alight from a street car operated by the defendant below, the plaintiff in error. The parties will hereafter be referred to as they appear in the trial court.

The plaintiff, who is a negro, woman weighing 200 pounds and teacher in the negro schools of Muskogee, based her right of recovery upon the negligence of the employes of the defendant in suddenly starting the street car from which she was attempting to alight, thereby throwing her to the pavement,…