Conklin v. Beaver Valley Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 128 and 129, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgments of O. P. Allegheny Co., July'T., 1917, No. 1592, on verdicts for plaintiffs in case of Sarab Louise Conklin, a minor, by her next friend and father, Lawrence J. Conklin, and Lawrence J. Conklin, in his own right, v. Beaver Valley Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a child three years old.
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Appeals, Nos. 128 and 129, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgments of O. P. Allegheny Co., July'T., 1917, No. 1592, on verdicts for plaintiffs in case of Sarab Louise Conklin, a minor, by her next friend and father, Lawrence J. Conklin, and Lawrence J. Conklin, in his own right, v. Beaver Valley Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a child three years old. Before Cohen, J. Verdict and judgment for Sarah Louise Conklin for $5,500 and for Lawrence J. Conklin for $1,500. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, were various instructions, and that the charge was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Sarah Louise Conklin, a minor, and Lawrence Conklin, her father, sued to recover for personal injuries to the minor, the result of alleged negligence on the part of the motorman operating one of the defendant’s trolley cars. The questions of defendant’s negligence and the contributory negligence of the father were submitted to the jury and verdicts returned for both plaintiffs, from which defendant appealed. The questions raised are the adequacy of the charge of the court in referring to the credibility of witnesses and the speed of the car, and the father’s…
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