Sibert v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff claims, and offered testimony to support the claim, that, accompanied by her *119daughter, she attempted to board one of defendant’s cars, as a passenger, had placed one foot upon the step of a folding step car, when the doors were closed, the step folded, and by reason of some of her clothing catching in the door, or on the car, and her hold upon the car, she was dragged a distance, thrown to the pavement, and injured. No one precisely disputed her testimony. The defense, which was good enough to secure a verdict of the jury for defendant, may be described as based: (1) Upon the…