CORBITT v. OMAHA TRANSIT CO.

Nos. 33868, 33877.

77 N.W.2d 144 (1956)

162 Neb. 598

Charles W. CORBITT, Appellee, v. OMAHA TRANSIT CO., substituted defendant for Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, a corporation, Appellant. Charles W. CORBITT, Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. OMAHA TRANSIT COMPANY, Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pilcher, Haney & Howard, Omaha, Harry D. Haykin, Omaha, for Charles W. Corbitt.

Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for Omaha Transit Co.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


MESSMORE, Justice.

This is an action at law brought by Charles W. Corbitt in the district court for Douglas County, as plaintiff, against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, now Omaha Transit Co., defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when he was in the act of crossing a street and was struck by a streetcar owned by the defendant and being operated by one of its employees.

The case was tried to a jury, resulting in...

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