Wood v. Phila. Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 324 and 325, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No.-2395, in case of John L. Wood, in his own right, and John L. Wood, as Executor of the Estate of Ellie E. Wood, deceased, y. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Trespass to recover damages for personal injury. Before Patterson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeals, Nos. 324 and 325, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No.-2395, in case of John L. Wood, in his own right, and John L. Wood, as Executor of the Estate of Ellie E. Wood, deceased, y. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Trespass to recover damages for personal injury. Before Patterson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff, John L. Wood, in his own right, for $10,000; and for John L. Wood, executor, for $8,000. The court reduced the verdict for John L. Wood, in his own right, to $7,500; and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action against a street railway company for personal injuries to one passenger by the act of another. On the afternoon of February 5, 1915, Mrs. Ellie E. Wood boarded one of the defendant’s northbound cars in Fifty:second' street, Philadelphia, at the Market street intersection. It is a transfer point and, as was customary at that hour, a group of some twenty-five people were waiting, and they took passage on the car with Mrs. Wood; while others, including a man who carried an iron pipe on his left shoulder and a canvas bag in his right hand, left the…
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