Philadelphia R.T. Co. v. Mann

Opinion by

Baldbige, J.,

In order to understand the question involved in this appeal, it will be necessary to state briefly some of the material and undisputed facts of the accident which gave rise to this action.

The plaintiff’s trolley car, on October 3, 1927, at 2:30 o ’clock in the afternoon, was proceeding south on Fourth Street in Philadelphia. When it reached the north side of Dickinson Street, it slowed down for a safety stop and continued across the intersecting street at the rate of 5 to 10 miles per hour. The conductor of the trolley car testified that as they were crossing Dickinson…