Williamson v. St. Louis & Meramec Railroad

This is an action for damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff while she was a passenger on one of defendant’s street cars. The occasion of the injury was a collision with a hose wagon connected with the fire department of the city of St. Louis. Plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals.

The testimony on the part of the plaintiff tended to prove that the plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s Avest-bound car on Franklin avenue. A hose wagon of the city fire department, travelling south at a high rate of speed on Compton avenue, ran against…