Reynolds v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

In this action in trespass the jury found for the plaintiff in an amount compensating him for injuries to his person. The court, however, entered judgment in favor of the defendant n. o. v. The judgment will be affirmed.

In the light of the verdict these facts appear: Plaintiff was the driver of . a truck in the service of . the City of Philadelphia, used to cart away ashes from a residential section of the city. About 8:00 a.m. on February . 19, 1947, while driving the truck eastwardly along Kingsessing Avenue between Sixty-first and Sixtieth Streets, plaintiff turned his…