Cleveland Ry. Co. v. Merk

The plaintiff in error herein will be referred to as the defendant, and the defendant in error as the plaintiff, throughout this opinion.

This case arises out of a controversy over an injury sustained by the plaintiff upon a street car of the defendant company. The plaintiff fell upon the step leading down to the pit of the street car, in the proximity of the fare box, which in this case was situated in the middle of the car. The only doors in this type of car are immediately opposite the fare box; one door being the entrance door and the other the exit door. Plaintiff, who was accompanied by…