Wilkerson v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is an action in trespass for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Alfonzo Wilkerson, as the result of a collision between the truck which he was driving and defendant’s trolley car. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,000, and after defendant’s motion for judgment n.o.v. was refused, it took this appeal.

The accident occurred early in the afternoon of December 3, 1948, a rainy day, as plaintiff was operating his coal truck eastward on the south rails of the defendant company on Spring Garden Street bridge in…