Guild v. Portland Ry. L. & P. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by Rosa B. Guild against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company.
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From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by Rosa B. Guild against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. The substance of the complaint in this action is that the plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars, and while she was in the act of alighting at her destination, after the car had stopped, the defendant’s servants negligently started it with a sudden jerk, without giving her any warning or reasonable opportunity to get off, whereby she was thrown to the ground and injured. She is said to have suffered lacerations and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
It is disclosed by the testimony that about six years prior to the accident upon which this action is based the plaintiff underwent an operation designed to adjust her womb, which had become displaced oh account of troubles experienced at childbirth. To effect the rectification of that organ, it was necessary to make an incision about the median line of the abdomen just above the pubic bone. The cut was sewed up, and healed successfully, giving no trouble to the plaintiff until after the accident complained of. The principal injury described in the testimony was the hernia already mentioned,…
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