Maerkle v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County denying plaintiff’s motion to strike off a compulsory nonsuit in favor of defendant. About nine p. m. on August 8, 1921, plaintiff was driving an automobile in a westerly direction along East Ohio Street in Pittsburgh. Defendant maintained on that street a double line of tracks for the operation of its street cars. At the above time and place defendant was operating a work car and trailer on these tracks in an easterly direction; the traffic at that place was heavy and automobiles…