Cicero & Proviso Street Railway Co. v. Brown

This is an action on the case by Mattie Brown, against the Cicero and Proviso Street Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her while a passenger upon one of the defendant’s cars. • The declaration alleged that plaintiff was a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars, and that while she was getting off from said car, and before she had sufficient time to do so, the defendant, by its servant, the conductor, carelessly and negligently suddenly started the car with a violent jerk, by reason whereof she was thrown down upon the ground, and…