Reibstein v. Abbott's Alderney Dairies
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 303, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1917, No. 4640, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Dina Beibstein v. Abbott’s Alderney Dairies. Trespass to recover damages for death, of plaintiff’s husband. Before Rogers, J. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
On May 4,1917, about 9: 30 a. m., plaintiff’s husband, Abraham Eeibstein, while standing upon a public highway in the City of Philadelphia,- at the rear end of a motortruck belonging to his father, wás struck, knocked down and severely injured by a horse attached to one of defendant’s delivery wagons; as a result, he subsequently died.
Defendant’s driver, the only eyewitness of the accident, was called by plaintiff and asked as to his employment, the kind of horse and wagon he was driving, where Reibstein was standing, and what the latter was doing immediately before the collision;…
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