Smyth v. Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 96, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1916, No. 3458, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary E. Smyth v. Phila. & West Chester Traction Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 96, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1916, No. 3458, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary E. Smyth v. Phila. & West Chester Traction Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Finletter, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff suffered from a crush of the right leg, which had to be amputated, from a fracture of the right shoulder and from a fracture of one of the bones in the forearm, as well as lacerated wounds of the head and shoulder and suffered from the loss of blood and from shock. Verdict and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This suit is the result of a grade crossing accident. Defendant’s system of electric railway extends westwardly from Philadelphia to Media, passing through Drexel Hill in Delaware County where it has two tracks, *514that to the north being west bound. About 800 feet west of its Drexel Hill station Rosemont avenue passes over the tracks at grade, as does Huey avenue some 600 feet further west. Plaintiff, who was forty-three years of age, resided with her brother on the west side of Rosemont avenue just south of the tracks and was employed in Philadelphia. On the…
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