Poehl v. Cin. Traction Co.

CUSHING, J."

Margaret Poehl sued the City of Cincinnati in the Hamilton Common Pleas for damages sustained by reason of her stepping into a hole in the street upon being discharged from a street car of the Cincinnati Traction Company. She claimed that the city was negligent in not keeping the street in repair as provided by statute. Poehl recovered a judgment for $300 against the city.

Later she brought an action against the Traction Co. claiming it was negligent in failing to provide a safe place for passengers to alight and in failing to notify or warn her that the place where the car had…