Rockwell v. Standard Stamping Co.

This action for personal injuries resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $2,000, from which the defendant has appealed, assigning error in the court's action in refusing to peremptorily instruct the jury to return a verdict for defendant at the close of plaintiff's evidence, which was the only evidence introduced in the case.

Plaintiff, a driver of a team and wagon, proceeding southwardly on the west side of Ninth street, a north and south public thoroughfare, and when about fifty feet north of Cass avenue, an east and west street, was thrown to the street and injured…