Wolf v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 261, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 975, for defendant n. o. v., in case of Charles H. Wolf v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Patterson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 261, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 975, for defendant n. o. v., in case of Charles H. Wolf v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Patterson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,000; the court subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence, and in entering judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This suit is the result of a crossing accident on Germantown avenue, Philadelphia, where defendant has a double track electric railway, the west track being south bound.
At about 10 o’clock on the morning of May 10, 1907, Charles H. Wolf, the plaintiff, started from the east side to cross said avenue at a crossing about seventy-five feet north of Tioga street. So far as appears it was not a place where cars stopped to receive or discharge passengers. Just at that time a trolley car and some wagons were passing northward and when they had cleared the crossing…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Davidson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- McCracken v. Consolidated Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Smith v. Electric Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Yingst v. Lebanon & Annville St. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Cunningham v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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