Flanigan v. McLean
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 281, Jan. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1917, No. 1405, refusing to take off compulsory nonsuit in case of Charles Flanigan v. William L. McLean, individually, and trading as the Evening Bulletin, publisher and owner thereof, also trading as the Bulletin and the Bulletin Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by being struck by defendant’s autotruck.
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Appeal, No. 281, Jan. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1917, No. 1405, refusing to take off compulsory nonsuit in case of Charles Flanigan v. William L. McLean, individually, and trading as the Evening Bulletin, publisher and owner thereof, also trading as the Bulletin and the Bulletin Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by being struck by defendant’s autotruck. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
On the afternoon of October 20, 1917, plaintiff was injured near the northwest corner of Broad street and Windrim avenue, Philadelphia, as the result, he avers, of being struck by one of defendant’s autotrucks. Plaintiff was not mentally able to testify at the trial and only one witness, a Mr. Stauffer, was called to prove the accident. He was standing about 175 feet south of the corner on the east side of Broad street, and saw the truck coming south near the west curb of that street and about 200 feet north of the corner. He estimates its speed at about 20 miles…
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