Mitchell v. Des Moines City Railway Co.

Plaintiff claims that on or about the 21st day of June, 1911, she was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars; that the ear on which she was riding stopped at Ingersoll avenue and Twenty-Eighth street for plaintiff to alight; that, while she was in the act of alighting, the car was started without any warning to her or signal from any person to start; that she was thrown to the ground, her left ankle severely injured, and the ligaments, muscles, and nerves surrounding the ankle joint were torn, strained, and broken, and her body severely bruised, and she also sustained a severe shock to her…