Scott v. St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Co.

Plaintiff alleges she was thrown from a street car on which she was a passenger by the sudden starting of the car, and prays for the recovery of her, resultant damages on the ground that the injury she received was caused by the negligence of the operators of the car in starting it while she was in the act of alighting. The answer is a general denial. The cause is here on the appeal of defendant from a judgment of three thousand dollars recovered by plaintiff in the circuit court.

The injury occurred in the afternoon of December 15, 1910, at the end of the Krug Park line of defendant’s street…