Campbell v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 39, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1898, No. 551, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles J. Campbell v. Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Frazer, P. J. The plaintiff in this case, Charles J. Campbell, was driving - William Kissock’s team, when the defendant’s car ran into him.
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Appeal, No. 39, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1898, No. 551, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles J. Campbell v. Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Frazer, P. J. The plaintiff in this case, Charles J. Campbell, was driving - William Kissock’s team, when the defendant’s car ran into him. Kissock’s horses were killed in the collision; he sued the Consolidated Traction Company for the killing 'of his horses, and recovered a verdict; the case was appealed to the Superior Court and was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The plaintiff was seated in a wagon which was standing on the track of the defendant’s road on Fifth Avenue near Smith-field Street, Pittsburg. In front of him were two cars, the nearest being about ten feet in advance of his horses and a car was back of him close to his wagon. On another track a car stood to his left and to his right the street was crowded with *169people so that he was completely hemmed in. As the second car in front of him moved across Smithfield street on an ascending grade, the trolley wheel slipped from the wire and the car stopped and then…
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