Smith v. Portland Traction Co.

(Pro Tempore)

Action by Daisy Smith, plaintiff, against Portland Traction Co., a corporation, defendant, for damages on account of personal injuries resulting to plaintiff when, as a passenger alighting from a bus operated in Portland by defendant, she fell on the street. The accident occurred November 20, 1953, about 6 p.m., darkness having fallen. The driver of the bus was not a party to the action. On April 25, 1957, the trial jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant, and on the next day a judgment was entered in favor of defendant against plaintiff. It does not appear that plaintiff…