Citizens' Street Railway v. Steen
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. J. W. Martin, Circuit Judge. The first and second instructions for appellee are certainly law. 37 Ark., 569; Field on Dam., sec. 168; Cooley on Torts, pp. 674.-5; 3 Ohio, 178; 6 lb., 105; 8 lb., 570.. Appellant’s instructions properly refused. The first and third are abstract, and the others do not properly declare the law applicable to this ease. See authorities supra.
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APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. J. W. Martin, Circuit Judge. The first and second instructions for appellee are certainly law. 37 Ark., 569; Field on Dam., sec. 168; Cooley on Torts, pp. 674.-5; 3 Ohio, 178; 6 lb., 105; 8 lb., 570.. Appellant’s instructions properly refused. The first and third are abstract, and the others do not properly declare the law applicable to this ease. See authorities supra. The modification of number two was more favorable to appellant than appellee.
1Opinion of the CourtEakiN, J.
This is an action by appellee against a street railway company in Little Rock, to recover damages for an injury to her person and property, .occasioned by a collision between a car of the company and a horse and buggy with which she was driving, upon a street along which the line of railway ran.
The buggy was partially upset against a sand bank, and to some extent injured; the horse was lamed, and the plaintiff herself bruised and hurt.
The jury found for the plaintiff, fixing her damages at $150. A motion for a new trial was denied, exceptions taken, and an appeal.
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- Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. v. DobbinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
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