Manross v. City of Oil City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 97, Oct. T., 1896, by defendant, from decree of O. P. Venango Co., April T., 1894, No. 59, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Morrison, J., of the 48th judicial district, specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was injured by falling on the ice on the evening of January 29, 1893, in the city of Oil City, at a point on the west side of Washington avenue where Polk alley led into the avenue.
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Appeal, No. 97, Oct. T., 1896, by defendant, from decree of O. P. Venango Co., April T., 1894, No. 59, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Morrison, J., of the 48th judicial district, specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was injured by falling on the ice on the evening of January 29, 1893, in the city of Oil City, at a point on the west side of Washington avenue where Polk alley led into the avenue. The evidence on behalf of the plaintiff tended to show that the gutter on the west side of the avenue at the end of the alley was…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
There appears to be nothing in this record that would have warranted the withdrawal of the case from the jury. The testimony was quite sufficient to justify its submission to them on the questions of defendant’s negligence and the alleged contributory negligence of the plaintiff; and that was accordingly done with instructions which appear to be adequate and substantially correct. The result was a verdict, impliedly finding that defendant’s negligence was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries, and that she was not chargeable with any negligence which contributed thereto.…
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