Thomason v. Chicago Motor Coach Co.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for injuries sustained in an accident while she, a passenger, was alighting from one of defendant’s coaches. At the close of plaintiff’s case the trial court, upon motion of defendant, instructed the jury to find it not guilty. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict.

The second amended statement of claim alleges, in substance, that on November 22, 1933, plaintiff was 64 years of age, about five feet three and one-half inches in height, and weighed 225 pounds, that on that date she boarded one of defendant’s coaches in the downtown district…