Sullivan v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.

Wilson, O. J.

Plaintiff was a standing passenger upon one of defendant’s crowded street cars which was traveling northerly on Nicollet avenue in Minneapolis. When the car came near the corner of Nicollet and Grant, where the car tracks turn to the right on Grant, the motorman made an emergency stop. Plaintiff claims that she was thrown to the floor of the car on account of such stop and injured, resulting in a serious condition. She claims that defendant was negligent in not so operating its car, under the circumstances, as to have it under such control as to avoid collision without such a…