Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Little

Sur Motion for a New Trial.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff’s statement of claim alleges that, while crossing the street, she was negligently run down by the defendant’s electric motortruck. The negligence charged is, among other things, failure to control the course, speed, and direction of the truck, and failure to regard the rights of the plaintiff in the lawful use of the highways and to allow the plaintiff sufficient time to reach a place of safety. The defendant might have asked for a more specific statement, but did not. The defendant filed no…