Prettyman v. Trenton Transportation Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 153 and 154, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No.. 1, Phila. County, Sept. T., 1917, No. 420, in the case of Sarah Prettyman, by her father and next friend, George W. Prettyman and George W. Prettyman, in his own right, v. Trenton Transportation Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Shoemaker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 153 and 154, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No.. 1, Phila. County, Sept. T., 1917, No. 420, in the case of Sarah Prettyman, by her father and next friend, George W. Prettyman and George W. Prettyman, in his own right, v. Trenton Transportation Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Shoemaker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, Sarah Prettyman, for $1,000 and for plaintiff George W. Prettyman, in his own right, for $525, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The plaintiffs recovered verdicts, — for Sarah Pretty-man, the minor daughter $1,000, and for George Prettyman, the father, $525, in the court below in an action of trespass for personal injuries sustained by the daughter in being trampled upon in a rush of excursionists on *355a steamboat of the defendant company. Separate appeals were taken and argued together.
The defendant owned and operated an excursion boat plying between Philadelphia and Trenton, stopping on occasions at Burlington Island Park, an amusement park on an island in the Delaware river, near Trenton. To…
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