Cinquina v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Louis Cinquina, age 65 years, was struck and fatally injured by a street car of defendant, Philadelphia Transportation Company, as he was walking across the right-angle intersection of Eleventh and Market Streets, in th'e City of Philadelphia. As administratrix of his estate, his widow, Rose Cinquina, brought this suit in trespass under the Wrongful Death Statute of April 26, 1855, P. L. 309, as amended, and the Survival Act of July 2, 1937, P. L. 2755. At the trial, counsel for plaintiff informed the court that the cause of action under the latter statute was…