Jackson v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for an injury which, according to the petition, occurred hy reason of the negligence of defendant’s employees in prematurely starting a street car which plaintiff was attempting to board in the city of Omaha, the injury requiring the amputation of plaintiff’s left leg. The answer was a general denial. From a judgment on a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $12,000 defendant appeals.

The principal assignments of error relate to the overruling of defendant’s motion for leave to withdraw a juror and for a continuance of the case…