Ott v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 196 and 197, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pkila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 1470, on verdict for plaintiffs-in case of Jennie Irene Ott, by her father and next friend, George Ott, and George Ott v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a little girl seven years old. Before Magill, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeals, No. 196 and 197, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pkila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 1470, on verdict for plaintiffs-in case of Jennie Irene Ott, by her father and next friend, George Ott, and George Ott v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a little girl seven years old. Before Magill, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for Jennie Irene Ott for $2,000, and for George Ott for $1,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, was the portion of the charge quoted at length in the opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschziskeb,
This was an action in trespass against the city of Philadelphia, instituted by George Ott, in his own behalf and as the father and next friend of Jennie Irene Ott, to *356recover damages arising from personal injuries to the latter.
On June 10, 1910, at about 8:45 in the evening, George Ott was driving a carriage containing himself and his two-year-old daughter along a public street when his conveyance fell into a ditch or trench opened by the city for the purpose of connecting water-mains; the child was thrown over the dash-board and is alleged to have received…
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