Smith v. Portland Traction Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Edward Smith, from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Portland Traction Company, which the circuit court entered after it had sustained the defendant’s motion for a judgment of involuntary nonsuit.

The defendant is a common carrier, and upon the occasion with which this case is concerned the plaintiff’s wife, Daisy Smith, was a passenger in one of its buses. The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for (1) medical expenses incurred for his wife, (2) the loss to him of her consortium and (3) the loss to him of her services as secretary in his…