Adams v. Atlantic City Electric Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

This is an action in tort. Appellant, Atlantic City Electric Company, who was the defendant below, appeals from a judgment, on a jury verdict originally in the sum of $40,000, in favor of the infant plaintiff, Mary Jane Adams, for personal injuries which she sustained while an occupant of an automobile which collided with a pole belonging to appellant, and which pole carried wires for the transmission of electricity of high voltage. On a rule to show cause, upon the sole ground that it was excessive, the verdict was reduced to $30,000, and…