Nixon v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Duffie, C.

It is claimed by Mrs. Nixon, the appellee, that while she was in the act of entering a street car at Sixteenth and Leavenworth streets, in the city of Omaha, the car suddenly started forward, and she was thrown from the step of the car upon the pavement, sustaining the injuries of which complaint is made. The trial resulted in a judgment in her favor for $500, to reverse which this appeal is taken.

On her examination, she testified that after being-thrown to the pavement she arose and again boarded the car, which had stopped for her at a distance of about 30 feet from where she had…