Mulhern v. Philadelphia Homemade Bread Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 162 and 163, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1910, No. 339, on verdicts for plaintiffs, in case of Anna Mulhern, by her father and next friend, William J. Mulhern, and the said William J. Mnlhern, in his own right, v. The Philadelphia Homemade Bread Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeals, Nos. 162 and 163, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1910, No. 339, on verdicts for plaintiffs, in case of Anna Mulhern, by her father and next friend, William J. Mulhern, and the said William J. Mnlhern, in his own right, v. The Philadelphia Homemade Bread Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff, William J. Mulhern, for $200 and for Anna Mulhern for $2,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Pottee,
These appeals are grounded upon the refusal of the court belo-w to give binding instructions in favor of the defendant, or to enter judgment non obstante veredicto. It appears from the testimony that about noon on February 4, 1909, some school children just released from school, were walking and sliding upon the icy sidewalk on the south side of Tasker street near Eighteenth. Anna Mulhern, a child some ten years of age, fell or was pushed over the curb into the edge of the driveway of the street as a wagon driven by an employee of defendant was approaching, the…
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