Hamilton v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny County, Nov. Term, 1900, No. 78, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William C. Hamilton v. Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are detailed in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused binding instructions for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 123, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny County, Nov. Term, 1900, No. 78, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William C. Hamilton v. Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are detailed in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
The plaintiff was injured by a collision between his wagon and a car of the defendant company at the intersection of Old avenue and High street in the city of Pittsburg, on the afternoon of May 21, 1900. Old avenue runs almost parallel with Fifth avenue and crosses High street at a point about 250 feet from Fifth avenue. The defendant company occupies High street with a double track of street railway from Fifth avenue to Forbes street.
Plaintiff’s testimony shows that on the day of the accident he was driving east on the south side of Old avenue in a covered…
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