The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
ACTION AGAINST THE STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
From Tuesdays Daily.

Miss Fannie NJ Fields, who was
some time ago injured while step.
ping from 4 street car at the corner
near her home, corner of Clark and
Parsons streets, has started an ac-
ton against the Mankato Electric
Traction company to recover SCI, 500
for the injuries sustained. Her at
torney is S. b. Wilson, and the street
car company will be defended by A.
r. Pfau, Jr., and c.. j. Laurisch.
What Complaint Alleges.
The complaint alleges that on July
20 last the plaintiff was passenger
in one of the company's cars, and
that the car at the place and time
in question was making the turn
from Parsons street onto Clark, &C.
ing westerly; that the car was not
modern in design, and was not
adapted to the service in question,
but on the contrary was an old sec
Ond hand street car, out OF date, and
was being negligently and carelessly
operated without push buttons or
other methods whereby passengers
could give signals from their seats
| TO the motOrman for stopping, and
was without gates; that the plain
| tiff desired to get off of the car on
the first usual stopping place or
cross walk; that when the car was
about a block from this stopping
| vlla oh e.;n
conductor to have the car stop at
said place, but the conductor was
carelessly neglecting his duties,
part OF which was TO keep watch
for such signals from passengers,
and because of this the plaintiff was
obliged to leave her seat and go to
the conductor, near the rear OF the
car, and told him where she want
ed TO get off; that the carelessness of
the conductor was the negligence of
the defendant; that the car turned
into Clark street and did not stop
at the first crossing, but did stop
about fifty feet from the first cross
ing, and that then the conductor in
vited and directed the plaintiff to
alight
Claims Car Started.
The complaint further alleges that
the plaintiif thereupon went out and
stepped to the step and was step
ping from there to the ground, the
car being at standstill at the time;
: that while stepping off, the car was
, suddenly and without notice started
with great force, throwing the plain
!, tiff to the ground, and twisting and
jerking her body in such manner
as TO dislocate her hip joint on the
!, right side, and seriously injuring,
: bruising and wounding her. and seri-
, ously shocking and injuring her ner-
, vOus system, and straining and rup-
, turing ligaments in her hip, and
|, fracturing and crushing the head and
. neck of the thigh bone, and causing
injury and pain from which she is
< still suffering and which will perma-
; nently disable her from performing
. her ordinary duties: that she is per
. manently crippled, the injury having
, left one limb about three inches
} shorter than the other one; that she
, is not yet able to walk; and that
! she will never recover from the
shock TO her nervous system.
Asks for Big Sum.
BY reason of her injuries, the
plaintiff is damaged to the extent
of $4,000, she alleges, and her ex.
, penses for doctors, nursing, hospital
accommodations, medicines, etc,
!. amount to $1,500. which expense is
continuing and increasing. Where
fore the plaintiff demands judgment
in the sum of $21,500.
An Action for Divorce.
Mrs. Martha WOlfenden has start.
ed an action for divorce from her
husband, Walter B. Wolfenden. She
charges cruel and inhuman treat
/, ment and non-support. The parties
,, live in Lake Crystal. The plaintiff
is twenty-eight years OF age and the
/. defendant is forty. Hughes e Ellis
: worth are attorneys for the plain
tiff. A. Il. Pfau, Jr., and c. ]
Laurisch are attorneys for the de
: PENDANT. A general denial to the
charge has been entered by the de
PENDANT.