Cincinnati Traction Co. v. Williams

By the Court.

In this action the plaintiff sought damages for injuries sustained which he claimed to have resulted from the negligent operation of a street car of the Cincinnati Traction Company, which collided with the motor truck upon which he was riding. The trial resulted in a verdict and j'udgment for plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.

Concededly error was committed by the trial court in the general charge in three particulars.

The court defined negligence as follows: “Negligence is defined as the doing of what an ordinarily careful and prudent person would not have done…