McKim v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 299, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. I'. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1903, No. 2,542, on verdict for defendant in case of Elizabeth McKim v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to cover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before McMichael, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were (1-10) rulings on evidence; (11, 12) binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Eleventh street in the city of Philadelphia extends north and south, and crosses Federal street nearly at a right angle. At the place of this accident it is one hundred feet wide and seventy feet from curb to curb, and in the middle has a single-track electric railway line on which cars run north. The supply wires of the trolley system are supported by metal poles, placed alternately on the right and left, and near the track instead of at the curb. One of these poles stood near the west rail and about ten feet north of the north house-line of Federal street. It…
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