Duggins v. International Motor Transit Co.

In this action, which was instituted by a passenger to recover from a stage company and its statutory surety for personal injuries sustained in the overturning of a stage, the verdict was in favor of the plaintiff. From the judgment entered, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial having been overruled, the defendants appealed.

On February 2, 1928, a stage of the International Motor Transit Company, on which respondent was a passenger, was proceeding in a southerly direction on the Pacific highway. The tracks of the Milwaukee Railroad Company cross that highway…