Beck v. Germantown Cricket Club
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 4,910, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alexander Beck and Mary Beck, his wife, v. Germantown Cricket Club. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before WlLTBANK, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,900, upon which judgment was entered for $1,450, all above that amount having been remitted.
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Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 4,910, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alexander Beck and Mary Beck, his wife, v. Germantown Cricket Club. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before WlLTBANK, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,900, upon which judgment was entered for $1,450, all above that amount having been remitted. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned (1-4) are quoted and stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The plaintiffs sued to recover damages caused by an injury to Mary Beck on the evening of May 10, 1906. The theory of the plaintiffs was that she stepped into a hole in a board walk in front of the defendant’s premises on Manheim street; that there was a hole broken through one of the boards and that this was the direct cause of Mrs. Beck’s injury. The plaintiffs offered sufficient evidence at the trial to carry the question of whether her injury was caused, as above stated, to the jury. In reply the defendant offered the evidence of several persons, whose business it…
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