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Wilkey v. Cleve. Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 25, 1931
177 N.E. 637 (Ohio 1931)

Opinion

No. 22423

Decided March 25, 1931.

Negligence — Passenger injured by sudden jerking of street car — Error to direct verdict.

ERROR to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county.

Messrs. Karch Harrison and Mr. J. DeKaiser, for plaintiff in error. Messrs. Squire, Sanders Dempsey, Mr. Clan Crawford and Mr. Henry J. Crawford, for defendant in error.


It is ordered and adjudged by this court that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals be, and the same hereby is, reversed upon the authority of Cleveland Ry. Co. v. Hunt, 116 Ohio St. 291. And this court proceeding to render the judgment that the Court of Appeals should have rendered, it is ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the common pleas court be reversed, and that said cause be, and the same hereby is, remanded to the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, for a new trial.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

MARSHALL, C.J., DAY, ALLEN, KINKADE and ROBINSON, JJ., concur.

JONES and MATTHIAS, JJ., not participating.


Summaries of

Wilkey v. Cleve. Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 25, 1931
177 N.E. 637 (Ohio 1931)
Case details for

Wilkey v. Cleve. Ry. Co.

Case Details

Full title:WILKEY v. THE CLEVELAND RY. CO

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Mar 25, 1931

Citations

177 N.E. 637 (Ohio 1931)
177 N.E. 637

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