Cleveland v. Danville Traction & Power Co.

Mrs. Flora Cleveland, the plaintiff in the trial court, instituted suit for damages caused by injuries sustained by her in alighting from the defendant’s bus which was being operated on the streets of the city of Danville on the evening of November 12, 1940, about six o’clock.

The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff, assessing her damages at $500.00. At the close of the evidence, and after the jury had been instructed on the law, and had rendered its verdict, the defendant moved the court to set aside and annul the same because there was no evidence to support it. The court took time to…