Becker v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 239, on verdict for defendant in case of Charles Ellwood Becker and Margaret Becker, his wifé, v. Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Willson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 123, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 239, on verdict for defendant in case of Charles Ellwood Becker and Margaret Becker, his wifé, v. Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Willson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. At the trial the court permitted under objection and exception the prothonotary of Delaware county to offer in evidence a certified copy of the record of the case of plaintiff against the Borough of Clifton Heights. [1] After the record was admitted…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
It was one of the questions in the case whether the uterine. disturbance from which the plaintiff, Mrs. Becker, was shown to be suffering, resulted from the fall which was the founda*346tion of the action, or from an earlier occurrence. Plaintiff claimed to recover for- other injuries as well, but this, if not the most serious, was one which if traced to this particular fall as a cause would, in case of a recovery, swell largely the sum total of compensation. The effort on part of defendant was to disconnect the two. Some eight or ten years before the accident which…
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