Thompson v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This action in trespass was brought originally against the city of Philadelphia, which thereupon issued a writ of scire facias bringing into the proceeding the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company as additional defendant. The jury rendered a verdict of $500 against both defendants. The court later sustained a motion of the transit company for judgment n. o. v., and dismissed a similar motion in behalf of the city. These appeals of the city followed.

On May 26, 1936, about 9:50 a. m., plaintiff, a passenger on an eastbound trolley car, alighted at the intersection of…