Hamilton v. City of Cleveland

OPINION

By HURD, J:

This was an action of tort instituted by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries claimed to have been proximately caused by defendant’s negligence when plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s motor coaches.

A noval factual situation is presented, involving important principles of law governing common carrier-passenger relationships. Plaintiff alleges in her second amended petition, in substance, that on or about the 12th day of April, 1949, at about fiv.e o’clock P. M. she became a passenger on a Cedar Avenue line bus operating in a generally easterly direction in…