United States Express Co. v. Kraft

DALLAS, Circuit Judge.

This was an action by the defendant in error, hereinafter called the plaintiff, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, which he alleged were caused by negligence of the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant; and the latter concedes that “the sole question before this court is whether the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence which precluded recovery.”

During the afternoon of June 4, 1906, the plaintiff boarded a moving street car, which had just left the beginning of its route at the corner of Broad and South Wyoming streets,…