Hulmes v. Keel

Opinion by

Me. Justice Barnes,

This suit was instituted to recover damages for injuries sustained by the minor plaintiff as a result of an accident in which an automobile operated by the defendant was involved. The accident occurred on Ogontz Avenue south of its intersection with Walnut Lane, in the City of Philadelphia. Ogontz Avenue is a two-way street, sixty feet wide from curb to curb, and extends north and south, with a double set of trolley tracks thereon.

On the afternoon of December 16,1936, a man dressed as Santa Claus was distributing candy to children on the east sidewalk of Ogontz…