Havranek v. Pitssburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

The question is whether the court below was justified in setting aside the verdict in this case on the alleged ground that not all the jurors assented to it.

Plaintiff, operating an automobile one evening on Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, drove it into a large hole, which he had failed to observe, adjacent to the street-car tracks, and sustained injuries as a result of the accident. He brought suit against the City of Pittsburgh, which issued a writ of scire facias against Pittsburgh Railways Company to bring it in as additional defendant. The jury rendered a verdict…