Edmondson v. McMullen

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On January 30, 1951, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the wife-plaintiff in this ease, Mrs. Arlene Edmondson, was standing at the corner of 13th Street and 13th Avenue in Altoona when a truck hurtled over the pavement, climbed the curb, sheared from its embedded and bolted pedestal a cast iron lamp post 5 inches in diameter and pinned her against a stone wall, inflicting grave injuries which resulted in a verdict in the ensuing lawsuit in the total sum of $34,000 in favor of herself and husband. Upon refusal of the Court below to enter in their favor…