Legal Opinion

Borisoff v. Penn Fruit Co., Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 4, 1949No. Appeal, 204PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is an appeal by the plaintiff in a case involving-damage to his automobile resulting from an intersection collision with defendant’s truck. At the close of. plaintiff’s testimony, the trial judge .entered a compulsory nonsuit which the court en banc refused to take off. and this appeal followed.

In Sargeant v. Ayers, 358 Pa. 393, 395, 57 A. 2d 881, 883, Mr. Justice Jones stated: “On a question as to the appropriateness of a compulsory nonsuit, the pertinent inquiry is whether the plaintiff’s negligence appears so irrefutably from the evidence in his own case that to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Virgilio v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  2. McCreery v. Westmoreland Farm Bureau Co-Operative Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Sargeant v. AyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Rea v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Pellegrini v. CollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Peair v. Home Ass'n of Enola Legion No. 751Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. McMillan v. Mountain Laurel Racing, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Calhoun v. Jersey Shore HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Adams v. EulianoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. McKenzie v. Cost Bros., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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