Becker v. Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 12 and 13, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Erie Co., Sept. T., 1909, No. 142, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Agnes Becker and George A. Becker, her husband, against the Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Walling, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 12 and 13, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Erie Co., Sept. T., 1909, No. 142, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Agnes Becker and George A. Becker, her husband, against the Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Walling, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial R. T. Nolan, defendant’s superintendent, was asked this question: “Q. What, if any, rules were in force at that time by your company, giving directions to the conductors and motoneers as to the making of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblad y, J.,
These plaintiffs recovered a verdict of $1,173, and $924, respectively, before a jury as damages for injuries sustained by Agnes Becker, on August 11, 1907, when, as she alleged, she was violently thrown from a street car of the defendant company while in the act of alighting at a regular stopping place, and where it had stopped in response to a signal given by her to the conductor. The details of the accident were clearly explained by Mrs. Becker on the witness stand, and she was subjected to a prolonged and severe cross-examination, which, with *96the testimony of the…
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