Julius v. Pittsburg, Allegheny & Manchester Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1895, No. 557, on verdict for plaintiff;. Green, Williams and Dean, JJ. dissent. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Porter, J. At the trial, it appeared that on November 28, 1894, about noon, plaintiff was driving a wagon on East Ohio street, in the city of Allegheny, on defendant’s east bound track.
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Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1895, No. 557, on verdict for plaintiff;. Green, Williams and Dean, JJ. dissent. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Porter, J. At the trial, it appeared that on November 28, 1894, about noon, plaintiff was driving a wagon on East Ohio street, in the city of Allegheny, on defendant’s east bound track. Charles Maeder, a witness for plaintiff, described the accident as follows; “I was coming out of West alley with my wagon to pull in front of the store where I worked, between Cedar avenue and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
The plaintiff claims compensation for an injury which he alleges he received through the negligence of the defendant. That the defendant’s car collided with the plaintiff’s wagon and that one of the consequences of the collision was that the plaintiff was thrown from the wagon to the ground is undisputed. Whether the occurrence was attributable to a want of reasonable care on his part or to negligence on the part of the defendant were questions for the jury upon the evidence applicable to them. It is not contended that the evidence affecting these questions was…
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