Legal Opinion

Lasater v. Conestoga Traction Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 13, 1932No. Appeal, 75PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

At 3:45 p. m., June 10, 1929, the plaintiff, a woman sixty-one years of age, entered Penn Square, Lancaster, for the purpose of boarding a Duke Street car operated by the defendant. This car enters Penn Square from the east on a curved track and leaves the square on the north. There are two parallel curved tracks which join the eastern approach to the square with the northern exit from the square and between these tracks there is a crescent shaped platform which is customarily used by the defendant as a place for receiving and discharging passengers from its cars.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lyons Et Ux. v. Pittsburgh Rys. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Hauenstein v. Conestoga Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Birmingham Electric Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  2. Calhoon v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Jamieson v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Powell v. RisserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. Powell v. RisserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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