Whalen v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BRADY, Commissioner.

The appellant, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, brought this action against the respondent, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, for personal injuries which she averred she sustained when water and sand on the steps and around the fare box of defendant’s streetcar caused her to fall. This appeal followed the trial court’s action in sustaining the defendant’s alternative motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff pleaded that the defendant was negligent in causing, allowing, or permitting the entrance steps and aisle of the car to “ * * * have upon them mud, water and…