Hope v. Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals Nos. 205 and 206, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant,, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1917, No. 301, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of James Hope et ux. v. Southern Penna. Traction Co. Trespass for personal injuries to plaintiff’s wife, and for injuries to horse and wagon. Before Johnson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for James Hope for $1,607.08, and for Martha Hope for $3,392.92. Defendant appealed.
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Appeals Nos. 205 and 206, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant,, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1917, No. 301, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of James Hope et ux. v. Southern Penna. Traction Co. Trespass for personal injuries to plaintiff’s wife, and for injuries to horse and wagon. Before Johnson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for James Hope for $1,607.08, and for Martha Hope for $3,392.92. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of judg- ■ ment for defendant n. o. v., quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sued to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Martha Hope, the wife, and for loss of a horse and damages to a wagon, the property of James Hope, the husband, the result of a collision between defendant’s car and plaintiffs’ wagon, plaintiffs alleging negligence on the part of the motorman operating defendant’s car. The jury rendered verdicts in favor of plaintiffs, and defendant appealed.
Mrs. Hope, one of the plaintiffs, was driving on a public highway a one-horse covered Dearborn wagon having two small glass inserts in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harper v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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- Trexler v. Lehigh Valley Transit Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1927