Jordan v. Eisele
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 150, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1915, No. 3069, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of J. S. Jordan and Manmee Jordan v. Philip C. Eisele. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for Maumee Jordan for $4,000, upon which judgment was entered for $2,500, and for J. S. Jordan for $1,500 upon which judgment was entered. Defendant took one appeal.
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Appeal, No. 150, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1915, No. 3069, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of J. S. Jordan and Manmee Jordan v. Philip C. Eisele. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for Maumee Jordan for $4,000, upon which judgment was entered for $2,500, and for J. S. Jordan for $1,500 upon which judgment was entered. Defendant took one appeal. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of judgment for defendant n. o. v., quoting the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
On April 15, 1913, defendant’s team, attached to a street-sweeping machine and in charge of an employee, was being driven east in Larchmont Avenue, Phila., and in making the turn at Fifty-Second Street, one of the horses fell on the pavement. The driver unhitched the other horse and turned its head away from the pole, where it was left unrestrained, although young, shy and skittish, while the driver went over by the fallen horse and by kicks, etc., urged it to arise. The latter in struggling kicked the hind leg of its mate, which, being free, ran three blocks…
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