Shepard v. Denver Tramway Corp.

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought suit against appellee, a Delaware corporation engaged in tho business of operating a street railway system in Denver, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of appellee while she was alighting from a street car. Tho answer denied the charges of negligence and plead contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff. At the close of the evidence the court instructed a verdict in favor of appellee.

The facts are not in dispute. Appellant, in alighting, stepped on a so-called button…