Hall v. Terre Haute Electric Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Superior Court of Vigo County; Orion B. Harris, Judge. Action by William Hall against tbe Terre Haute Electric Company. Erom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRoby, C. J.
In tbe single paragraph of complaint it is substantially alleged that appellee owned and was operating an electric street railway in the city of Terre Haute, and that appellant attempted to board one of its cars standing *44on said railway, at a regular stopping place upon one of the streets oí said city, for the purpose of becoming a passenger thereon, and while in the act of boarding said car for said purpose appellee’s servant negligently started the same and thereby threw appellant off and broke his leg. The issue was formed by a general denial, cause submitted for trial to a jury, and at…
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