Case Name: OZANNE v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1907-12-24
Citations: 157 F. 1004
Docket Number: No. 1,721
Parties: OZANNE v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.
Judges: Before LURTON and RICHARDS, Circuit Judges, and KNAPPEN, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 157
Pages: 1004–1004

Head Matter:
OZANNE v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit,
December 24, 1907.)
No. 1,721.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky.
For opinion below, see 151 Fed. 900.
Wm. G. Deering, for plaintiff in error.
Before LURTON and RICHARDS, Circuit Judges, and KNAPPEN, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff, Briget Ozanne, was standing in the ladies' dressing compartment of a Pullman car, engaged in making her toilet, when a sudden swerve or jerk of the car caused her to lose her footing, and, falling, she broke her hip. She was a woman of about 65 years old and club-footed. The court below directed a verdict for the railroad company. We affirm the judgment, on the ground that no negligence was shown either in the way the car was built or the manner in which it was operated. Negligence cannot be presumed from the injury. It must be shown by the proof, and there was none produced.