Griffith v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 199, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1917, No. 2156, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Lillian H. Griffith (now Lillian G. Neely) v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Patterson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,600. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This suit results from a crossing accident. Baltimore avenue, Philadelphia, extends in an easterly and westerly direction and defendant has thereon a double track electric street railway. Plaintiff resided on Fifty-sixth street, which extends north from the avenue, and, on the morning of January 16, 1917, left her home, intending to take an eastbound car, and walked south on the east sidewalk of that street until she reached the north curb of the avenue, where she looked west and saw a car approaching on the eastbound (south) track, about 150 feet from the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Ehrisman v. East Harrisburg City Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Smathers v. Pittsburg & Butler Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Wolf v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Flynn v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Timler v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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- Schuchalter v. P. R. T. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Taylor v. Phila. R. T. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Barnes v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925