McBride v. McNally
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 41 and 42, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Alle- gheny Co., Aug. T., 1910, No. 393, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of W. D. McBride and Margaret E. McBride, his wife, v. William McNally. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for W. D. McBride for $1,500 and for Margaret E. McBride for $2,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 41 and 42, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Alle- gheny Co., Aug. T., 1910, No. 393, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of W. D. McBride and Margaret E. McBride, his wife, v. William McNally. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for W. D. McBride for $1,500 and for Margaret E. McBride for $2,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions to the jury., the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for defendant and to enter judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appellant, operating on the Ohio river an excursion steamboat of which he was owner, had engaged to carry the members of a certain church society on an excursion up and down the river, for a lump sum. At the appointed time he conducted his boat to the appointed landing where the passengers were to embark, and having landed, with the bow, of his boat up the stream, extended the gangplank to admit the passengers. The appellee, Mrs. McBride, who had purchased a ticket for the excursion from the society started to board the steamboat by way of this gangplank,…
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