Tle. 500 for a Lady Who Fell from a Moving Car: Only A Partial Stop Mrs. Ada Roggers, of 26 Rue Paul Beau, was plaintiff in an action decided in H. M, Supreme Court on Tuesday, im which she sued the Shanghai Electric Construction Ca., Ld., for Tls. 5,000 damages for injuries sustained through the negligence of the company's servants. Plaivtiff alleged that, while a passenger on @ tram car in Nankiag Read on-the afternoon on November 29, 1921, she was thrown violently to the ground in consequence of the conductor restarting the car without warning, before she had time to alight at the Honan Road stop. The defence was a denial of negligence and, alternatively, cqutributory negligence in that plaintiff attempted to alight whilst the car was in motion.
The case was heard by Sir Skinner Turner and a jury composed of Messrs. N. C. Macgregor, H, CE. Marshall, J. W.
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