Case Name: Sophronia B. Higgins vs. Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1910-09-29
Citations: 106 Me. 560
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sophronia B. Higgins vs. Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 106
Pages: 560–560

Head Matter:
Sophronia B. Higgins vs. Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway.
Sagadahoc County.
Decided September 29, 1910.
A. JET. Stetson, and Foster & Foster, for plaintiff.
Newell & Slcelton, for defendant.

Opinion:
Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, who was a passenger on one of the defendant's cars, when she alighted from the car and in doing so her feet slipped from the lower step of the car and caused the injuries complained of. The plaintiff claimed that the cause of her fall was the slippery condition of the step from snow and ice which the defendant had negligently allowed to accumulate and remain on the step. Verdict for plaintiff for $2300. Defendant moved for a new trial'. Motion overruled.