Legal Opinion

Evans v. Scott-Powell Dairies, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 12, 1942No. Appeal, 103PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The jury having disagreed, defendant asked for judgment on the whole record. This was properly refused be cause, assuming — as for present purposes we must — that the testimony of plaintiff and his witnesses was true, the questions of negligence and contributory negligence require submission to a jury.

About three A. M. standard time on July 23, 1933, plaintiff drove an automobile south on Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, at the rate of eighteen to twenty miles an hour. Twelfth Street is approximately twenty-six feet between curbs with a single car track in the center, and the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bender v. WelshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. Jordan v. EiseleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Henry v. KlopferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  4. Stevenson v. United States Express Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  5. Tassoni v. LeboutillierSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VogelsongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Kazan v. Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Motor Credit Corp. v. Ray Guy's Trailer CourtNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949

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