Schweitzer v. Quaker City Cab Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 105, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 3917, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Charles Schweitzer v. Quaker City Cab Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Ferguson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
At about 4:40 a. m., on October 22, 1919, Charles Schweitzer, plaintiff, left the footway on the southwest side of Lancaster avenue, a double-tracked street, in the City of Philadelphia, and walked over Lancaster avenue to a point beyond the far rail of the westbound trolley line. He stood about two feet from the rail, and a few feet east of Sloan street, which crosses Lancaster avenue between 39th and 40th streets, and is not a regular car-stop. It had been raining. It was misty, wet, and still dark; but there was an arc light in the centre of the avenue, just over where plaintiff…
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