Schott v. Weiss

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Black, J.

This was a suit to recover damages for personal injuries. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The essential facts in brief are: The plaintiff, Prank Schott, was a passenger on an automobile known as a jitney. The route of the jitney was from Newark to Elizabeth. The jitney bus in question was a large one capable of seating twenty-seven persons. The accident happened at night, on the evening of July 30th, 1917. The plaintiff, Frank Schott, had signaled the driver to stop at the next corner, Coe avenue; he was in the act of rising…