Elliott v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, P. J.,

This appeal is from an entry of judgment n. o. v. for the defendant in a trespass action.

*292At about 10:30 o’clock on the morning of May 27, 1943, a clear day, the plaintiff was walking south on Preston Street in Philadelphia. When he reached the northwest corner of that street and Haverford Avenue he heard the ringing of a bell or gong and saw a fire engine, which was returning from an alarm of fire, proceeding south on Preston Street toward the firehouse, which is on the northeast corner of Haverford Avenue and Preston Street. He went to the center of the intersecting…