Yetter v. Gloucester Ferry Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummeee, Chief Justice.

The writ of error in this case is sued out by the defendant below to review a judgment entered upon a verdict rendered against it for personal injuries received by the plaintiff under the following circumstances: The defendant is a ferry company operating a line of boats between Arch street wharf, in the city of Philadelphia, and a pier on the Jersey shore below the city of Camden, belonging to a corporation known as the Washington Park Company, and the shoreward end of which is located upon land included in the pleasure park of…