Cowdrick v. New York Central Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 328, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Clearfield Co., May T., 1915, No. 302, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Arthur D. Cowdrick v. New York Central Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bell, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $875. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 328, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Clearfield Co., May T., 1915, No. 302, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Arthur D. Cowdrick v. New York Central Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bell, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $875. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing motion for judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
Unless, at the conclusion of the trial, the defendant was entitled to have a directed verdict in its favor, the several assignments of error exhibit no valid reason for a reversal of the judgment. The defendant offered no testimony and the plaintiff is therefore entitled to have that offered by himself and his witnesses viewed in the light most favorable to him.
The plaintiff, a doctor of medicine, was engaged in the practice of his profession in the Borough of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, and the neighboring countryside. On a cold blustery March evening he was summoned to…
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