Case ID: ohio-law-abs_2/html/0059-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Roberta J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 36
    YOUNGSTOWN MUNI. RY. CO. v. ULLMAN
    Ohio Appeals, 7th Dist., Mahoning County
    Decided Oct. 26, 1923
    1115. STREET RAILWAYS—Verdict manifestly against weight of evidence xvas reversed in this case.
    Attorneys—For Railway Co., Kennedy, Manchester, Conroy and Ford,' Youngstown; for Ullman, John Ruffalo, Youngstown.
   Epitomized Opinion

Roberta J.

Ullman. alleged that as she was passing from the front to the rear of a street car with her daughter the car was suddenly started and then stopped with a jerk'and she was thrown against the iron post in the center of the car, sustaining serious injuries. The railway company denied that it was negligent. Ullman and her daughter were the only witnesses for plaintiff and their testimony sustained the allegations of the petition but two passengers and the motorman and conductor testified that the car started in the usual and ordinary way and moved forward five to ten feet, when it was stopped without being jerked. The jury returned a verdict for Ullman. In reversing the judgment the Court of Appeals held:

1. Thé verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence.