Boring v. Union Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 367, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1902, No. 2846, on verdict for defendant in case of James H. Boring v. Union Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 367, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1902, No. 2846, on verdict for defendant in case of James H. Boring v. Union Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
At night the plaintiff left the west sidewalk of a street at the middle of a block to cross to the east. At this place an alley seven feet wide opened into the street but did not cross it; crossing stones were laid from the end of the alley to the other side of the street. He looked as he stepped in the street and saw a car within 150 or 200 feet of him. He did not look again. When near the west rail he met two men crossing in the opposite direction and stepped from the crossing stones south in the direction of the car. He was struck as he was stepping from the east rail. If the…
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