Sisson v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 131 and 132, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 2039, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Sisson, by her father and next friend, Thomas Sisson, and Thomas Sisson v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Baldrige, J., specially sitting.
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Appeals, Nos. 131 and 132, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 2039, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Sisson, by her father and next friend, Thomas Sisson, and Thomas Sisson v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Baldrige, J., specially sitting. From the record it appeared that at the time of the accident plaintiff was riding in an automobile as the guest of the owner’s chauffeur, who was driving it. The automobile struck a deep hole in the asphalt street causing the steering wheel to be wrenched from…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This is the ordinary case of an injured party seeking to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from negligence. No complicated question of law is involved and the material facts are not in dispute. The case was for the jury both as to the negligence of defendant as well as the contributory negligence of plaintiff, and it was so submitted. The assignments of error relate almost entirely to the details of the trial. They are too numerous to be considered separately in an opinion of reasonable length, and we cannot undertake to discuss them in detail. Both…
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