McCurdy v. Traction Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 122, April T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of Fred H. McCurdy, by his father and next friend, H. P. McCurdy, against United Traction Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1899, No. 309, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Orlady, J. Trespass.
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Appeal, No. 122, April T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of Fred H. McCurdy, by his father and next friend, H. P. McCurdy, against United Traction Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1899, No. 309, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Orlady, J. Trespass. Before Evans, J. It appears from the record that this appeal and the one following are from judgments in favor of H. P. McCurdy, as the father of Fred H. McCurdy, a minor, and in favor of Fred H. McCurdy. Fred H. McCurdy is an infant and at the time of the accident was about nine months old. The accident happened in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
When the car of the defendant company stopped at a regular street crossing in response to the signal of H. P. McCurdy, it could have been for but one purpose, to wit: to receive as passengers the six or seven persons who were there standing, and who intended to take passage on that car. Plaving stopped for that purpose it was the duty of the defendant’s conductor to see to it that these persons had a reasonable time in which to enter in safety, or, if the car was then so crowded with passengers as to make it unsafe to receive them, to give them notice to stay off the car.…
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