McGahey v. Citizens Railway Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Lancaster county: Albert J. Cornish, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
The gist of this action is the defendant’s alleged negligence in operating a street car so that the plaintiff was injured and his vehicle damaged while crossing the defendant’s railway at the intersection of Seventeenth and N streets in the city of Lincoln. The plaintiff prevailed, and the defendant appeals.
The testimony is conflicting and parts of it are extravagant; but, since the jury found for the plaintiff, it is our duty to consider the transaction in the light most favorable to him.
It appears that N and Seventeenth streets are each paved and 100 feet in width; that a sidewalk and…
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