Morrow v. Delaware County & Philadelphia Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 205, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 548, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Alexander Morrow v. Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, J. The facts are fully stated. in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $8,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 205, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 548, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Alexander Morrow v. Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, J. The facts are fully stated. in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $8,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice B mown,
That the carelessness of the appellee not only contributed to, but was the controlling cause of, the collision resulting in injuries so serious to him, is a conclusion not to be avoided. On a clear winter morning, about nine o’clock, he started from a lumber yard with a load of boards. These boards were about twenty feet long, piled crosswise on an ordinary two-wheeled cart, and extended diagonally across each other, about on a line with the shafts, as far as the horse’s head. The appellee, sitting on these boards on the right side of the cart, drove out of the…
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