Nicholson v. City of St. Petersburg

SHANNON, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant received injuries in a bus operated by the defendant-appellee and filed this suit for damages arising out of said injuries. At the conclusion of her evidence the lower court directed a verdict against the plaintiff, and this appeal ensued.

Plaintiff boarded a bus in St. Petersburg at the Webb’s City bus stop, which is located on the west side of 9th Street South, just north of the intersection of that street with 2nd Avenue South. This intersection was controlled by a traffic control signal light. According to the evidence, plaintiff boarded the bus…