Buck v. McKeesport
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 74 and 75, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 155, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jennie B. Buck, Administratrix of Robert J. Buck, deceased, and Jennie B. Buck v. City of McKeesport. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ford, J. At the trial it appeared that Mrs. Buck was injured while driving a buggy along a street in the city of McKeesport.
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Appeals, Nos. 74 and 75, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 155, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jennie B. Buck, Administratrix of Robert J. Buck, deceased, and Jennie B. Buck v. City of McKeesport. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ford, J. At the trial it appeared that Mrs. Buck was injured while driving a buggy along a street in the city of McKeesport. She claimed that the accident was caused by the wheel .of the buggy striking a pile of stones on the street. Plaintiff’s counsel offered in evidence the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The subject of the third assignment of error is the admission in evidence of exhibits Nos. 1 and 2, which are photographs of the locus in quo. The learned judge in admitting the evidence said : “ The exhibits are admitted for the purpose of showing the place and the surroundings of the alleged accident, in so far as the surroundings refer to the streets, intersection of streets, and the buildings fronting on the streets.” The photographs were taken three months after the accident and were authenticated only by the testimony of the appellee herself, who said,…
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