Cody v. Venzie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 137 and 138, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 1716, on verdict for defendant in case of Florence M. Cody and George A. Cody v. Frederick M. Venzie. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, P. J. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 137 and 138, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 1716, on verdict for defendant in case of Florence M. Cody and George A. Cody v. Frederick M. Venzie. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, P. J. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
As the court below gave binding instructions for defendant, we must assume all the facts favorable to plaintiff to be true, and in that light we shall state them.
Defendant having occasion to go to Salem and then to Vineland, New Jersey, and desiring to take his wife along, at her request invited plaintiffs, who are her sister and brother-in-law, to accompany them. The journey was made in a Ford automobile, owned and driven by defendant. On the return from Vineland they were using a route with which defendant was not familiar, and were looking for the signboards…
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