Goldblatt v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

In this action by Mrs. Goldblatt to recover’ dámages for injuries sustained when she was a passenger on a bus a jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. The trial court overruled her motion for a new trial and she has appealed. Mrs. Goldblatt submitted her case upon the assumption that res ipsa loquitur was applicable; in so far as material here, “that at said time and place said streetcar did then and there jerk and jolt in a sudden, unusual and violent manner, and plaintiff was thereby caused to sustain injury and damage, * * * then you are instructed that…