Wolfe v. Madison Avenue Coach Co.

The action is one in negligence by the plaintiff for personal injuries and by her husband for loss of services. The plaintiff was a passenger in the defendant’s bus. She recovered a verdict in the sum of $800 and her husband was awarded the sum of $200 by the jury. The plaintiff made out a case in negligence and there was no prejudicial error in the judge’s charge. The appeal turns upon some very interesting questions in the law of evidence.

The operator of the defendant’s bus was called as a witness on behalf of the defendant. He testified as to his careful operation of the vehicle and, in…