Woodward v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 152, April T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1897, No. 206, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Marcus Woodward, by his next friend, M. A. Woodward, v. The Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 152, April T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1897, No. 206, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Marcus Woodward, by his next friend, M. A. Woodward, v. The Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Stowe, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on October 7, 1896, Marcus Woodward, the plaintiff, then a boy between thirteen and fourteen years of age, was seriously and permanently injured by a street car of defendant company. The evidence showed that the car was run at a very high rate of speed.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
This action is brought for damages for personal injuries resulting from being struck by an electric car of the defendant company. The appellant in his statement of the question involved thus puts his case: “ This appeal is for a review and reversal of the action of the court below in refusing a new trial where the verdict for the appellant of $750 for great and permanent injuries, caused by the defendants’ negligence, is excessively low and grossly inadequate.”
We are thus asked to review the discretionary act of the trial court in refusing to grant a new trial…
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