Dowd v. Cleveland Railway

Heard on motion for judgment or new trial.

This is a personal injury case. It was tried early in tbe term and tbe plaintiff was given a verdict in tbe sum of $1,000. Tbe defendant now moves for judgment in its favor upon the *237special finding of a particular fact; and if that is denied, that a new trial be ordered for error in the charge of the court. There are other errors alleged in the motion for new trial, but this is only one urged in argument.

The defendant company owns and operates a system of electric railways in the city of Cleveland, and on the day in question, the plaintiff boarded one…