Peterson v. St. Paul City Railway Co.

The action was for an injury to the person in-a collision between an electric street-railway car and a buggy in which, plaintiff was riding in the city of St. Paul. Upon the close of the evidence the trial court directed a verdict- for the defendant, but afterwards, on plaintiff’s motion, ordered a new trial, on the ground that the evidence made a case proper to submit to the jury. In this the court was right. The testimony on the part of the plaintiff as to how the collision occurred was obscure and not precise, but it may be gathered from it that, as plaintiff was riding down West Seventh…