Legal Opinion

Rothberg v. Phila. R. T. Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 19, 1929No. Appeal 342PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

On February 26, 1927, at about 7:30 P. M., plaintiff was driving his Dodge coupe eastward on the south cartway of Market Street, in the City of Philadelphia. The street is sixty feet wide between curbs. Defendant operates a double track trolley line in the center thereof, the eastbound cars running on the south side. An elevated railway is over head, supported by pillars, whose bases are located just outside of the outer rail's of the surface tracks. The space between the pillars and the curbs is sufficient for cars travelling thereon to pass cars parked along the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mead v. Central Pennsylvania Traction Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  2. Rothweiler v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Struse v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  4. Brown v. Beaver Valley Traction Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Mitchell v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dodson v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Pollock v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Glassman v. P. R. T. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  4. United States v. Philadelphia Transp. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1941
  5. Roof v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1935

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