CAPITAL TRANSP. CO. v. HOWARD

No. 4-9164.

229 S.W.2d 998 (1950)

CAPITAL TRANSP. CO. v. HOWARD.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

House, Moses & Holmes and William M. Clark, Little Rock, for appellant.

Harry C. Robinson and William J. Kirby, Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

March 23, 1949, appellee, Mattie Howard, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received when she fell in the aisle of appellant's electric trolley bus, because of appellant's negligence in operating the bus.

Appellant answered with a general denial and affirmatively pleaded contributory negligence of appellee. A jury awarded appellee $600, and from the judgment on the verdict is this appeal.

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