Cronmuller v. Evening Telegraph
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 1,346, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of William F. Cronmuller v. The Evening Telegraph, Charles E. Warburton, Founder. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Wiltbank, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off.
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Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 1,346, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of William F. Cronmuller v. The Evening Telegraph, Charles E. Warburton, Founder. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Wiltbank, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit. — It is the duty of drivers of wagons to approach street crossings, recognizing the fact that people may…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Fell,
The plaintiff was struck by the end of the shaft of the defendant’s delivery wagon while walking on a crossing from the foot pavement to a street car that was standing at a regular stopping place to receive- passengers. The negligence of the driver was manifest. He was driving north on the east side of the street on which the car ran south. When fifty or sixty feet from the standing car he turned in front of it to the west side of the street and passed by the car in a space about nine feet wide with his horse on a fast trot. He knew the car was stopped to take…
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