Del Rossi v. Cooney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 1046, refusing to take off non-suit in case of Antonio Del Rossi and Margaret Del Rossi, his Wife, v. John Cooney. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s son. Before Biddle, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order of the court refusing to take off. nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestbezat,
The facts in this case are few and the question for decision a narrow one. About midday on January 26, 1896, the infant son of the plaintiff, four years of age, was walking from the west side of Eighth street to the east side on the south side of Marriott street, in the city of Philadelphia. When he was nearing the gutter on the east side of Eighth street he was struck and killed by a heavily laden wagon drawn by two mules and going south. There were two men on the wagon, one of whom was the driver who was intoxicated and was driving very rapidly and very…
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