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Volpe v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 25, 1918No. Appeal, No. 272PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 272, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiffs, from final order of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia £!o., June T., 1915, No. 4063, refusing to take off compulsory nonsuit in case of Annie Yolpe, by her father and next friend, Angelo M. Yolpe and Angelo M. Yolpe, in his own right, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass for personal injuries.

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Appeal, No. 272, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiffs, from final order of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia £!o., June T., 1915, No. 4063, refusing to take off compulsory nonsuit in case of Annie Yolpe, by her father and next friend, Angelo M. Yolpe and Angelo M. Yolpe, in his own right, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass for personal injuries. The facts appear from the following statement by Davis, J., in entering the nonsuit: The plaintiff, Annie Yolpe, brings this action to recover damages for injuries sustained on the fifteenth day of May, 1915, by being thrown from a motorcycle on which…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The court below properly refused to take off the judgment of compulsory nonsuit in this case. There was no *407evidence of negligence upon the part of the defendant company, sufficient to justify its submission to the jury.

The judgment is affirmed.

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Salvitti v. Kersch, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1977

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