Biehle v. Frazier

BARRETT, C.

A jury returned a verdict for the defendant in Mary Biehle’s action for $25,000 damages against a taxicab for personal injuries. The sole question upon her appeal is whether the trial court erroneously and prejudically instructed the jury. In her petition Mrs. Biehle pleaded that she was a passenger and that the defendant negligently injured her in that “before the plaintiff became seated, and while she was preparing to become seated, the said automobile taxicab * * * started suddenly forward with a jerk, whereby the plaintiff was thrown back upon the seat or against the arm of the…