Wenquist v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

The plaintiff, a motorman in the employ of the defendant company, was injured while in that employment, and brought this action in the district court for Douglas county, alleging that the injury was caused by the negligence of this defendant. There was a verdict and judgment in his favor, and the defendant has appealed.

It appears from the evidence that the defendant maintains a car barn in the city of Omaha, in which from 70 to 80 cars are placed for the night. In the early morning, as :his duty was, the plaintiff went to the car barn, ascertained the car that he was to take out that morning,…